Former Super Falcons’ Head Coach, Eucharia Uche, has declared her support for the Aisha Buhari Cup, saying that with the tournament, future is assured for Nigerian women and the girl-child.
In an interview on Thursday, Uche, who led the Falcons at the 2011 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany, said the invitational tournament with the theme Playing For Good under the Futured Assured Programme of the Aisha Buhari Foundation, is a project capable of taking the Nigerian girl-child and the women folks generally to greater heights in all endeavours of life.
"I give
kudos to Her Excellency the First Lady for putting her weight behind women
football in Africa. We just pray that more positive support like this continue
to come for the gender game. Women football has come to stay; there is no going
back," Eucharia said.
She added:
"For the Future Assured Programme, this is the right step in the right
direction, because over the years, women and the girl-child have been poorly
treated and marginalised in Nigeria and in Africa. And for women football, you
know that, most of the talented players are from very poor homes. These are the
ones who were fortunate to be discovered to become in the long run club
players, national team players and international stars, who ended up becoming
the bread winners of their families and even legends in the game, while a large
percentage of the girl-child who were not discovered to play football and other
women sports, found themselves on the streets doing all sorts things we may not
want to talk about here.
“If well
propagated and messages disseminated across Nigeria and Africa during the
invitational tournament, the days of seeing the girl-child stray into the
streets unguided will soon be over. The girl-child and women can be put on the
right pedestal early enough to discover their talents in various spheres of
life, such that would make them useful to their families, Nigeria, Africa and
the world at large. This is quite commendable by the First Lady."
For the tournament proper, Eucharia admonished Nigerian players to take the competition serious, countenancing each match as the Final.
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