By Vincent Kalu
A soft launch of the James Minna Okpeki Foundation (a non-profit organisation), takes place on December 14, 2023 to commemorate his posthumous 88th birthday.
James Minna Okpeki (1935 -2013) had many loves, two of which were people and football. The inauguration of the JMOFFC aims to celebrate both.
An online competition, which runs during November and closes on December 6, invites participants to answer three questions (questions and answers are available online) and submit their preferred slogan for the new Foundation. Ten winners, who will share the cash prize of N500, 000 will be announced on December 14.
According to Mrs. Judith Ufford, James Minna Okpeki’s first daughter, and member of the Foundation’s board, “this is a remarkably apt way to remember my father. He was renowned for his generosity, to family, friends and strangers alike. A foundation in his memory that invests in the potential of young people through grassroots football brings together so much that was important and joyful to him.”