Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Prince Ituen Splashes one million naira on West Itam Football Competition

Prince Ituen Splashes one million naira on West Itam Football Competition

The magnificent sports centre in West Itam, the first to be built by His Excellency Gov. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel played host to the final of West Itam Football Competition. 

The 5,000 capacity sports centre which was filled to the brim gave the people of the area and beyond an opportunity to watch an electrifying football encounter between Mbak Itam and Atai Ibiaku. 

The competition had 16 teams from the beginning, with Mbak Atai Itam emerging winners of the 2016 edition of the competition to Cart away a whopping sum of lmillion naira. 


Speaking amidst the final match, Prnce ldongesit Ituen, Member representing Itu state constituency commended the vision Deac. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel had while building the Itam sports centre noting that it has given the final of the competition a new look and will serve as a platform for discovering sports talents and thereby creating employment to the teeming youths of the State. 


Prince Ituen who is the Founder of Ituen Football Academy said he is solidly behind the sports development policy of the Governor of Akwa Ibom by ensuring that he develop programmes that will see at least three to four football player leave Nigeria every year to play football in continents like Europe, America, Asia and others.
 

Prince Ituen said “we have the best of player in the nook and crannies of Akwa Ibom State, but we have not gone back to the grassroot to develop them. 

Stressing that himself and other sports (football) loving Akwa Ibomities have decided to float one of the biggest football tournament which will have as its
participants, winners and runners-up of all local competitions who played in Akwa Ibom state between December 2016 and early January 20l7.the competition is billed to commence on 22 January 2017 and forms are available for free. 


In his remark, the special adviser to Gov. Udom Emmanuel on public relations Mr Rapheal Edem pointed out that Prince ltuen have floated a football Academy-Ituen Football  Academy that is making waves across the country. The transition chairman of Itu Local government  council. Mrs. Elsie Esara thanked the people of West Itam and the Local Organizing Committee of the competition for having the will to take the West Itam football competition this far.

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