West Ham United Kicks Off Football Made In Anambra, Donates Money To School

In line with its full support for the Football Made in Anambra ‘1 Family – 1 Footballer’ project billed to kick-off in December 2016, West Ham United donated £30,000 to ANSFA, even as it feted Okongwu Memorial Grammar School with £5,000, all geared towards the development of youths and sports in Anambra State and Nigeria in general.

The Ifeanyi Ubah Foundation also threw the school children into a heightened frenzy, complementing the benevolent gesture of West Ham United, by making a donation of N1million to Okongwu Memorial Grammar School.

Recall that the Hammers’ delegation led by Managing Director, Angus Kinnear had earlier been in Lagos, where an interactive session bordering on the essence of the partnership was held with journalists.

The contingent led by Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah made their first stop at the Igwe’s Palace, where they paid homage to Igwe K.O.N Orizu III (Igwe Nnewi), who was delighted to receive them.

They made another stop at Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah’s alma mater, Okongwu Memorial Grammar School where they met with ecstatic school children before heading to Ifeanyi Ubah Games Village for the epoch-making launch of ‘Football Made in Anambra’ and talent hunt programme.

Speaking at the event, Kinnear described Dr. Ubah as a man of vision and full of ideas. He said “we found FC Ifeanyi Ubah worthy of our partnership as we share the same vision and bright ideas.

We are extremely delighted to seal our first partnership in Africa and we could not have made a better choice. Football is not just a game because it has the capacity to turn lives around for the best”.

He added that his club, West Ham United has a long history of youth football and as such would collaborate with FC Ifeanyi Ubah to develop the budding talents in Nigeria.

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