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Managing Director of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Mr Anders
Einarsson (middle) with ex-Super Eagles player, Mr Franklin Howard (first
right); Head Coach/Camp Technical Director of Cowbell Football Academy 2017
summer camp, Mr Nkwocha Hyacienth (second right); and Rector Cowbell Football
Academy, Mr Dudu Orumen, at the 2017 Cowbell Football Academy (CFA) holding at
National Stadium, Lagos
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Parents of participants at the 2017 Cowbell Football Academy
(CFA), organised by Promasidor Nigeria Limited, have commended the company for
sustaining the project, which helps to build children’s skills and motivates
them towards the world’s most popular sport.
Cowbell Football Academy, which is open to children between
the ages of five to 17, is in its fifth year. The 2017 Summer camp edition will
run till Saturday, August 12 at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
Commenting on the initiative, Dada Ajai-Ikhile, an
advertising practitioner whose child attends Grace High School, Gbagada, Lagos,
said Promasidor has done well in ensuring that children learn the rudiments of
football at an early age, which inspires their interest in the game. He said that
CFA was sure to produce a pool of professional footballers that would make the
country proud in future.
According to Ajai-Ikhile, the initiative is the most
balanced approach to giving children an opportunity to express their passion
for football. “It is balanced because the pressure is not too much on them to
learn since it is held during the summer school holiday. The teachings at the
academy together with the talent they already have and the knowledge from the
school will help any of them to pursue a career in football,” he said.
Ajai-Ikhile disclosed that his son’s passion for the game
has grown to the extent that he now wants to be a professional footballer. “I
am deliberately guiding him through proper planning, and with the skills
acquired at the academy, l believe he can realise his desire,” he said.
Obayemi Praise, whose children attend Ostria Private School
and Deeper Life High School at the academy, said she was quite impressed with
what Promasidor has done with the annual initiative, which has helped to build
up children’s interest in football.
“The coaches are putting in their best to enhance the skills
of the children and my sons are keen on becoming professional footballers in
future, after attaining tertiary education,” she said.
This view was also shared by Chukwuka Udeh, who has his ward
from Ireland, Umeh Kingsley, at the academy. He poured encomiums on Promasidor
for providing the opportunity to improve the children’s skills and for
designing a career path for them.
“The training is
all-encompassing as it is on the fundamentals of the sport,” he said.
Former national football team stars, including Segun
Odegbami, Mutiu Adepoju and Henry Nwosu as well as the coordinator of the
programme, Godwin Dudu-Orumen took the children through the nitty-gritty of the
game.
On the opening day of the camp, Odegbami motivated the
children to develop interest and skills for football. He told them how he
combined engineering studies with football successfully in his formative years.
In his remarks, Dudu-Orumen, Chief Executive Officer of
Multisports Services & Entertainment Limited, said the 125 participants at
this year’s CFA are being taught character building, individual technical
development, small-side games, team competition, mental training, goal keeping
training, fun games and more.
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