A Premier League Match Commissioner and Former Vice Chairman of Anambra State Football Association, Uzor Epundu, has called for all hands to be on deck in organizing a hitch-free “Solution Community Shield Football Championship” scheduled to commence on Friday, 13th October 2023.
Speaking during the “Official draws and Seminar for the Solution Community Shield Football Championship” at ASATU Hall, Government House Awka, Epundu said with the Football Association, FA, being upright in their decisions, and communities making provisions for the security of referees, a hitch-free tournament is possible.
Epundu, a stakeholder in Anambra State Football Association, who spoke on “Organising a hitch free football”, noted that football is a specialised business, and thanked Governor Chukwuma Soludo for giving approval for the tournament in order to help take youths out of the street and give them opportunity to excel, as well as Presidents General and Anambra State Football Association for their supports.
Contributing, the Secretary of Anambra State Football Association, Ralph Nweke, who informed the gathering that Governor Soludo wants the tournament to be an annual event; for the purpose of discovering talents, charged all to respect rules and regulations of the tournament, and host communities to provide good pitches and security for the tournament.
He said that forms for players participating in the tournament will have security codes to ensure best practices, and that a maximum of twenty-five players is required from each community.
Earlier in his opening remarks, the National President of Anambra State Association of Town Unions, ASATU, Titus Akpudo, said the tournament is in line with the Governor Soludo’s healthy living agenda, and called on all to give relevant authorities opportunity to do their jobs for the success of the tournament.
To reduce costs, Akpudo informed that the tournament will be “knockout” from the start; starting at local government areas, urging the youths to take ownership of the tournament in order to produce champions for the state, strengthen bond of unity and eschew social vices.
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