Nigeria Football Federation has resolved to focus more on grassroots developmental football.
The executive board of the federation rose from their meeting in Abuja and decided that enough attention should be extended to the developmental football in a bid to further catch them young from the scratch.
According to the Communique released at the meeting: ‘The Board assured Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora that it remains very focused and working assiduously towards proactively and vigorously developing Nigeria Football from the grassroots, as well as providing adequate support and encouragement to the youth teams to flourish and produce players for the senior teams, and also to engender a conducive environment for the blossoming of a Football Economy that will, sooner than later, begin to contribute to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product.
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At the same time the board agreed to give the national Under-17 team, Golden Eaglets full support towards their campaign in Algeria for the World Cup ticket.
‘After appraising the preparations that have been afforded the team pre-competition, including a proposed 10-day final camping programme in North Africa, the Board minced no words in charging the U17 Boys’ National Team (Golden Eaglets) to deploy its best efforts in overcoming all before it to win the Africa U17 Cup of Nations taking place in Algeria between 29 April and 19 May, and in the process earning a ticket to the FIFA u17 World Cup finals taking place later this year.