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Africa To Witness Total Turnaround In Football Infrastructure Devt’ Soon- Pinnick

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4 years ago

May 5, 2021

Joel Ajayi

The FIFA Council Member and the President of the Nigerian Football Federation Amaju Pinnick has revealed that, Africa will witness a total turnaround in football infrastructure development soon.

Nigeria football federation president two days ago led FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, CAF president, Patrice Motsepe, Secretary General of CAF, Véron Mosengo-Omba and Chelsea Ivorian football legend, Didier Drogba to visit Africa development bank chairman; Dr Akinwunmi Adeshina with the sole aim of massive infrastructural development in Africa.

According to Pinnick: “The Vision of Patrice Motsepe for the continent of Africa is very clear, He wants massive infrastructural development as a pivot for football economy in the Continent, he believes that Africa has abundant of Talents and that if African players wants to leave and play in Europe they should only play in the six or seven best clubs in Africa anything aside that, they should only play in Africa.

“To achieve this, Africa needs massive infrastructure development and since he came on as president, he has been working very closely with FIFA and so many organizations including African Development Bank to start up discussions in that regard.”

“The CAF President is extremely desirous of transforming the Continent not just as a football destination but a football economy with all the trappings of the ecosystem. He believes the Continent is blessed with special talents and now is the time to properly harness such talents through proper and strategic investments in football development.” Pininck assured

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Mahanaim FC too good for Green Lock in first match of the year

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2 days ago

February 2, 2025

The Gleamer

Mahanaim FC kicked-off year 2025 with a victory over Greenlock FC on Saturday, at the Bwari Township Stadium. Goals from Aliyu Imran and Nambou Roman were enough to secure victory for the boys in our first match of the year.

Both teams hadn’t met since 2023 when we cruised to a 2-nil win over them. That result set the tone for our match on Saturday, with our opponents hoping to get one over us this time.

Our Coaches, Saheed Jimoh and Jackson Mbuk had set up a line up which had a blend of young players and the experienced ones, including Haruna Abdullahi, who also got a goal the last time we played GreenLock.

After the opening exchange in first few minutes, Haruna bursted through the middle into the opponents 18-yards, Dribbling his way past three players before setting up Aliyu Imran who finished the move with a goal from close range. The game became very close from that point onwards with only the goal separating the teams.

After the break, the match became more open as we pushed forward searching for the second goal. GreenLock FC came close a couple of times before finding an equaliser through a low free- kick from Samuel Daniel, that went past our Goal-Keeper, David Adolphus.

Barely two minutes after the equaliser, Haruna Abdullahi once again conjured a magical pass that found Nambou Roman who had replaced Aliyu Imran in the attack. Roman’s well timed run was complemented by Haruna’s defence spliting pass. Roman lobbed the ball over the on-rushing goalkeeper into the net, to restore our lead.

GreenLock FC fought fiercely to find an equaliser but our defence line which had Nura Yahaya, Jesse Mokele, Salisu Hamisu and Marcus Haruna stood firm with the help of the midfielders, Daniel Egwuatu and Ikoh Danjuma, as we gained another victory over GreenLock FC in our first match of 2025.

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