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NFF Member Calls For Regular Grassroots Competitions
Member, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ahmed Yusuf, last Monday called for regular grassroots football competitions across the nation to entrench the game on budding talents.
Yusuf made the call during the 2019 Minna Emir’s Football Competition finals in Minna, Niger.
The NFF member spoke against the backdrop of Nigeria’s poor performance in the knockout stage of the recently concluded 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.
“We have to go back to the grassroots football competitions in order to catch them young.
“We will do everything possible to make sure that what happened in Brazil recently will not repeat itself in future,” he said
He said that it was better to build the game from the U-13 youth championships across the country.
Yusuf explained that regular grassroots competitions would regenerate the game and impact positively on budding talents across country.
“Our players will graduate from one stage to another making Nigeria a good football nation,’’ he said.