Maigari Pledges Continued Support For Grassroots Football Development

In his remark at the closing ceremony of the 2013 NFF national U-13 Championship, the President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari, promised continued attention to grassroots football development.<br /><br />The NFF supremo was represented at the event by board member Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed Fresh .<br /><br />&ldquo;First let me commend the youth committee for a successful competition and also say that we recognize the fact that football development starts from this level that is the U-13. <br /><br />&ldquo;We are determined to build on the success recorded in UAE where Nigeria won the FIFA U-17 world cup and majority of those players were discovered from this competition.<br /><br />&ldquo;We will also do everything possible to ensure that these players are exposed both locally and also through international tournaments like we have been doing in the past,&rdquo; Maigari assured.
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