Amaechi Lauds PHCCIMA Over USA Soccer Camp Hosting

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Executive Governor of Rivers
State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi,  has commended the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, PHCCIMA over successful hosting of the 1st USA College Prospect Soccer Camp initiative, tagged ‘Play Football and Study Free in America’, held at the prestigious Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt.
Amaechi, who made this commendation when he visited the stadium venue of the talent hunt programme said he was impressed with the chamber’s  support for the state  government effort at giving youths of the state a meaningful direction.
He said the Ministry of Sports will be given the necessary support needed to collaborate and involve in such activities to ensure not just support for our youths, but also maximum utilisation of the stadium facilities.
Speaking about the foreign coaches who flew in to conduct the talent hunt, Governor Amaechi said the development shows that the state is a safe haven for foreign investment, expressing hope that the programme would open channels of collaboration and sporting relationship between the state and foreign partners.
He said that, the state government is willing and open to valuable partnership that will see the concession of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium facilities to foreign collaborators to manage in line with the global standard, saying it was the only way “we can ensure that the facility is successfully managed and sustained”.
Similarly, the Rivers State Commissioner for Sports, Fred Wigwe, was also full of praises for the organizers of the event, stating that he was amazed at the prospect of the initiative that would see youths of the state play football and study free in American Universities.
Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with renowned youth football promotional outfit, Change the Game Project organised the event with the objective of providing youths with a virile and meaningful direction even as the selection process in the week long programme produced a good number of youths who were successfully selected by the foreign coaches.
President of Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Engr. Emeka Unachukwu, in his remark described the programme as a huge success, adding that the event was part of PHCCIMA’s End-to-End empowerment programme.
The PHCCIMA boss noted that the idea was not just to hunt for talents and train youths for skills, but to also empower them and guide them through mentorship to succeed.
He explained that the success achieved was as a result of  days of careful and well-thought-out planning, diligence of staff and collaborators, security, health officials and of course the magnanimity of the Rivers state government who provided the turf.
Unachukwu said he was excited that the lofty objective of the project was achieved which consequently has been translated to value to the lives of these talented youths, who ordinarily would have been left to fall prey to the devices of street life.
He explained that the programme also afforded youths the opportunity to realise their lifelong dream of studying in universities abroad free of cost in the United States while  playing football to make ends meet.
The one week football camp event tagged ‘Play Football and Study Free in America’witnessd the presence of coaches from about 15 Universities in America and others from Europe and Italy who took on the screening of boys and girls between the ages of 15-19 and other categories to hunt out exceptional talents at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt.
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