Okey Maduforo 
Determined to improve sports development in the Anambra State, Governor Charles Soludo in partnership with FC Barcelona has commenced scouting for young footballers across the state.
The program which is targeted at discovering talents from schools and local football teams in Anambra would also work in partnership with the State Sports Commission in that regard.
The program which is being designed by the MD/ CEO of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority ACTDA Ozo Ossy Onuko was part of the projects he had promised to bring to bear in the area of sports development.
Recall that the MD/CEO of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, Ossy Onuko, had earlier in the year indicated that plans were underway for some football professionals and coaches from FC Barcelona in Spain to come scouting for players in Awka that will be given an opportunity to join the Spanish club in their lower divisions.
Already the scouts from FC Barcelona led by Daniel Busquets Ayllón, Albert Atmeller Lurbe and Ejike Paschal, had arrived and talks have Awka, and talks have commenced between Ossy Onuko and the Chairman Anambra State Sports Commission, Patrick Estate.
Speaking at the reception Ozo Ossy Onuko, highlighted that the Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has provided the platform for the growth/development of sports in the State, hence the willingness of sports giants like FC Barcelona to approve the coming of their officials to Anambra State out of the whole states in Nigeria.
Also speaking, the Chairman of Anambra Sports Commission applauded the initiative and appreciated the MD of ACTDA and his team for championing such an idea. He indicated that gestures like this if sustained, will revolutionise the sports industry in Anambra State and Nigeria in general.
He expressed the readiness of the commission to partner with the team in ensuring the latest objectives of their coming are met and that our young footballers maximise the opportunity.
He further stated that sports development is a huge agenda in the Governor’s manifesto, for which reason he has dedicated a substantial part of the state budget to sports, leisure and entertainment.
He further stated the need for strategic partnership with the State football team, Solution Football Club in building a formidable football academy that will serve as a breeding ground for global football stars.
In his remarks, one of the scouts Mr Daniel Busquet Ayllon observed that Nigeria as a country has great talents adding that the country’s “youth football programs have been the tonic to the success stories of the country’s football.
He noted that at the end of their tour in Anambra state, a lot of young talents would be discovered and taken abroad adding that in a question of time they would become the future hope of Anambra football and Nigeria at large.
