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By Emma Njoku
The National Chairman, Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC), Samuel Ikpea, will on December 19, 2025, lead a powerful delegation to Awka, the Anambra State capital, to witness the Sip&Reason campaign, being put together by that state’s chapter of the club.
The Sip&Reason campaign is being organised to remind governments at all levels, corporate sponsors, sports philanthropists, and all lovers of football in Anambra State of the importance of building modern grassroots football infrastructures and systems for early discovery of football talents, proper grooming, motivations, and guiding of such talents, through all stages, till international stardom.
Throwing more light on the event, Chairman, Anambra State chapter of the club, Izuchukwu Udegbunam, who also doubles as the Chief Executive Officer of Bunubunu Culture and Sporting Company Limited, explained that the event, which is slated for Royal Swiss Palace, Nodu-Okpuno, Awka, is expected to attract all lovers of football, including all past and present football heroes in the state and beyond.
He listed some of the legends and important personalities that will be part of the programme to include; former Green Eagles’ goalkeeper and living legend, Pa Emmanuel Okala (MON), who will be the father of the day, while former Super Eagles’ defender, Chikelue Iloenyosi, Chairman, Anambra State Football Association, will serve as chairman of the occasion.
Others are; Patrick Onyedum, Chairman, Anambra State Sports Development Commission (Special Guest of Honour) and Amb. Chibuzor Ekwenye, Chief Host & Convener.
Udegbunam appealed to Nigerians to join hands with the Nigeria Football Supporters Club in their plan for the country to win the FIFA World Cup in the nearest future, through reviving grassroots football programmes in primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, traders’ football championships, communal football championships, as well as street football competitions.
