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A&B Sports Intl’ plans big for young footballers

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5 years ago

December 9, 2019

Proprietor of A & B Sports International, Mr. Abu Meepatan has promised to give youthful and promising Nigeria footballers a leeway into the European football market.

Meepatan who organized a four day Scouting Clinic at the MKO Stadium in Abuja last week said doing so is his own way of giving something back to the society.

He said the clinic that was supervised by three of his partners from Hungary and Italy is primarily to unravel talented footballers and link them to top teams in Europe.

“We decided to do scouting competition because we discovered that what we can give to the community is for us to expose them to the world as much as possible and I decided to call my partners from Malta and Italy who are former coaches to assist.

We met about 7 years and thought about how to bring out talents and expose them to European and Asian markets.

” We are not asking them for a dime all they need to do is to come up with their international passports and participate and if successful, the deal is done.

We may later sign an agreement if a club shows interest in a particular player. We have contacts in Europe that are waiting for the successful players, it does not cost them anything as far as they are promising,” Meepatan explained.

He said the 4-day exercise cost him and his partners a sum of N20million which are spent on the accommodation, feeding, and transportation of the coaches, players and scouts adding that the next edition will come up in March at a yet to be decided venue.

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FG To Seize Mortgaged Property of Defualting Retiring Public Servants

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2 days ago

April 23, 2025

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board will henceforth seize mortgaged properties of retiring federal public servants who failed to fully repay the housing loans advanced to them by the board.

In a statement issued by the Staff Housing Loans Board Head, Information & PRU Obiechina Ngozi on Wednesday in Abuja reveals that this is in accordance with the Public Service Rules 021002 (p) as issued by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

The OHCSF sent out the memo as a reminder for the federal public servants who are about to retire to adhere strictly to the provisions of the Public Service Rules.

The memo reads; “I am directed to bring to your attention the provision of Public Service Rule (PSR) 021002 (p), which mandates all public servants to obtain a Certificate of Non-indebtedness to the Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board (FGSHLB) and any MDA Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society, as issued by the OHCSF, as a prerequisite for retirement.”

“Further to the above, it should be noted that in the event of exiting the service prior to full repayment of the housing loan advanced by the FGSHLB, the Board shall exercise its legal right to seize the mortgaged property.”

Speaking on the above, Salamatu Ladi Ahmed, Executive Secretary, FGSHLB, reiterated that the warning is also for retired officers who defaulted.
She stated that the management of the Board, on its part, is compiling the list of all retired federal public servants who are still owing the housing loans they obtained while in service, to be sent to relevant regulatory agencies to recover the debts from them.

FGSHLB is committed to ensuring that all public servants comply with this rule and obtain the necessary Certificate of Non-indebtedness before retirement, and urge all those affected to take immediate action and settle any outstanding debts or liabilities with the Board.

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