Rangers Int'l Begin Under-15 Football Academy Screening In Enugu

BY JUDE OSSAI / ENUGU

Determined to catch-them-young, the Management of Rangers International Football of Enugu has kicked off the screening of talented boys into its Under-15 Football Academy in the Coal City.

The screening which began on Tuesday had over 200 young boys from various secondary schools within and outside the state; hitting the Rangers Practice Pitch, Liberty Estate, Independence Layout, Enugu for the excercise.

In his address to the young lads that showed up for the exercise, their parents/guardians as well as the committee saddled with the task of selecting the best legs and hands for the Rangers U-15 Academicals, the General Manager/Chief Executive Officer (GM/CEO) of Rangers, Barrister Amobi Ezeaku, charged the committee members to be at their best in the onerous task of giving a re-birth to school football.

Ezeaku also encouraged the young boys to exhibit their best to have the opportunity of being selected.

“What we want to do is what is happening all over the world. In Europe, Asia and other parts of the world. Rangers is a big name but we want to have our Rangers Academy team and you all here have that opportunity of representing this big brand with your God given talent. We have personnels that have seen it all in the game of football as members of the committee saddled to select the best from these lot for the proper mix of academics and football. We wish all that have come here to identify with this project the best of luck,” he stated.

Speaking earlier, the chairman of the committee, Barrister Joe Onyeabor, said, “We are glad to be here to be of service to you all and I believe that at the end of this exercise, we would have achieved the aim of setting up this committee for the Rangers U-15 Academicals. We have members who have played football to the highest level and have the eagle eyes to spot budding talent from all of those that picked the form be here. We must also give thanks to the management of the club for coming up with this idea and promised not to disappoint.”

Members of the committee include; Ejike Uzoenyi (MON), Okechukwu Uchebo, Ugwu Uwadiegwu, Nnamdi Anyasodo, Chibuzor Madu, Charles Ofordile, Frankie Omokhua, Ogechukwu Ileagu, Chinonso Eze, Basil Obeta, and Francis Ugwu who is the secretary of the committee.

The screening programme is expected to run till September 14, this year.

Editor

Jude Ossai (JP) a veteran journalist is a National Diploma holder in Mass Communication from Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. He also studied at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu and Imo State University, Owerri for his first and second degrees in Mass Communication, respectively. He writes extensively on politics, crime, corruption, climate change, healthcare, human rights, social justice, among others.