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Super Eagles former captain, Uche Okechukwu and Enyimba’s striker in the CAF Champions League winning teams of 2003 and 2004, Emeka Nwanna, are among members of the newly constituted executive boards of Enyimba and Abia Warriors respectively.
While inaugurating the boards, the state’s Commissioner for Sports Development, Sir Obilor Ananaba, urged the members to be ‘result oriented.’ This is the first time former players would form the bulk of the clubs. Emeka ‘Ayaya’ Nwanna, who is now in the Abia Warriors’ board, holds the record as the first player in Nigeria to command a N1 million transfer fee and sign on fee following his move from Enugu Rangers to Enyimba in 2002.
In the new Enyimba board are Eric I. Asomugha , Frank Adiele Alaribe , Uche Okechukwu, Nwazue Ernest Chibuike, Dr. Chijioke Collins O, Ude Jerry, Herbert Okonkwo, Raymond Izuwa and Onwunali Jap Nnamdi. The 2023 Lagos Street Soccer Championship promises a season of good football and scouting opportunity for football clubs, agents and national youth team coaches looking for fresh talents from the grassroots, the organisers have said.Organisers of the 10th Awa Ibraheem Junior Golf Championship have cleared 110 players to participate in the competition, which begins today at the Ikeja Golf Club, Lagos.
Super Eagles former captain, Uche Okechukwu and Enyimba’s striker in the CAF Champions League winning teams of 2003 and 2004, Emeka Nwanna, are among members of the newly constituted executive boards of Enyimba and Abia Warriors respectively.
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