PFA Chairman, Hon.Kwande Commends Jos North/Bassa Member Daniel Asama for Scouting Talents Players From Plateau To The UK
Yakubu Busari
At least no fewer than 60 clubs are in Rwang Pam Stadium on a talent hunt and unity football tournament of Hon.Daniel Asama’s European scouting struggle.
The Former Member Representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency, Also Chairman of Plateau Football Association (PFA)Hon. Suleiman Yahaya Kwande has commended Hon.Daniel Asama for organizing a peace tournament and talent hunt scouting for players overseas to end a living.
Speaking during the pre-selection at Rwang Pam Stadium in Jos , Kwande applauded the program for promoting peaceful coexistence amongst the teeming youths.
According to him, this is a double program the main issue is to promote and unite the youths in Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency although some of the participants are coming from Pankshin , Jos South LGAs for them to use their God-giving talent to end a living.
He pointed out that,” the member Representing, Bassa /Jos North, Hon. Daniel Asama was gracious enough to bring scooters from the UK which in the past it was very difficult for them to come here in search of talents.
He maintained that the exercise is one of the first of its kind because then most Scouters are from the Canadian country dominating the football scouting.
Kwande expressed satisfaction that even if at the end of the exercise three talents were discovered from Plateau State we are very grateful to Hon.Daniel Asama for introducing the peace tournament and talent hunt.
He disclosed that Jerome Dung was one of the grassroots play who is now playing in Europe and recently sent money to pinch football and a gym to be built around his area to promote football.
He explained further that this would be a welcome development when our kids would go out and make money and later come back home to encourage grassroots football it will go a long way to fight poverty and invest in the country.
Suleiman Kwande said the game of football is described as one of the unifiers now in Plateau State and Nigeria where you see before 4 pm people are glee to their televisions telephones either seeing them watching lives or football tournament.
He noted that imagine today if there’s no football to keep the youth busy, the rate of crime would have been very high so the victory of the Plateau United team in this preseason rankings shall bring them to the top table but he prays that they maintain the position.
The preseason was organized by Gusau which included the 19 Northern Football Tournament, Kwara United, Plateau United, BCC of Benue, and Nasarawa United which they are on the right track.
