Dr Emeka Okeke, who is the chairman of the caretaker committee made the announcement in a meeting with club owners in Anambra.
The annual football league would be called Football Owners’ Challenge Cup, and it will involve all football teams playing at different grassroots levels in Anambra State.
Dr Okeke while announcing the plan to club owners said that a start-off
fund of two million naira would be injected into the first budget,
while clubs that have played for three
consecutive times in the Anambra FA Cup would be given fifty thousand
naira development grant each.
The Committee chairman noted that a Memorandum of Understanding had been signed with Juventus Football Club, Italy, to help in football development in Anambra State.
Dr Okeke also announced that the Committee would also initiate plans
for the provision of National League Organization’s standard football
pitch in each of the twenty-one local government areas of Anambra
State to encourage local football, while the caretaker committee will
also sponsor two coaches at the grassroots to attend a coaching course
at the National Institution for Sports, NIS, Lagos.
The representative of Juventus Football Club in Nigeria,
Mr. Olajide Ajayi, who briefed the club owners, said the Turin club
would help in facility upgrade and other crucial areas of sports
development to revitalize competitive grassroots football in Anambra.
The club owners, including Mr. Anayo Obiakor, Mr. Obi Muoneke and Mr. Chijioke Atuanya, among others.
The new Caretaker Committee unveiled the new Anambra State
Football Association Sports complex in Awka,
Also the club owners that attended the meeting were enrolled for one
year into the Anambra Health Insurance Scheme.
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