By Sunny Anderson Osiebe
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has congratulated the Abubakar
Bukola Saraki (ABS) Football Club for winning the Under-15 Nigeria
Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs tournament in Lagos, on
Saturday.
Saraki
in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph
Olaniyonu, in Abuja, commended the sterling efforts made by the players
and their technical
crew throughout the the period of the competition before capping it
with a resounding 3-1 victory in their final match against Katsina
United.
He also commended the organizers of the tournament for their objective which is to groom talents for the national team.
He
noted that the competition which involved over 400 under-15 teenagers
from 20 NPFL clubs was a giant step in proactive youth engagement, crime
reduction and
the discovery of future super stars for the country.
Saraki
said: "While I commend the ABS Club for their superlative performance
that enabled them to win the competition, I also want to congratulate
all the clubs
that participated in the tournament.
"The
successful hosting of the inaugural edition of the NPFL U-15 Promises
Tournament, once again, points clearly to one fact: that the country is
replete with
talents that need to be harnessed, not only to advance our game of
football but to develop the country in all ramifications", he said.
The
Senate President also reiterated his earlier call for corporate
organizations to make the sponsorship of sporting activities in the
country a priority as
part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), in view of the
lean resources available to government.
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