Rev (Mother) Esther Ajayi Foundation Throws Weight Behind Asisat Oshoala Football Clinic In Lagos

Asisat Oshoala (left) receives support from Rev. Mother Esther Ajayi, the General Overseer of the Love of Christ Generation Church, United Kingdom for the Asisat Oshoala Lagos State Secondary School Football Championships.

As part of her social responsibility and in line with her resolve to keep promoting grassroots football in Nigeria, Rev. Mother Esther Ajayi, the General Overseer of the Love of Christ Generation Church, United Kingdom and promoter of Esther Ajayi Foundation, has thrown her weight behind the Asisat Oshoala Lagos State Secondary School Football Championships.

Esther Ajayi, who recently sponsored the Nigerian Football Supporters Club to Russia for the 2018 World Cup, Nigerian boxer Larry Ekundayo in a recent bout and also sponsored a Nigerian academy football club to a football tourney in the UK , has once again spread out her hands of support to the Nigerian women football international icon on her pet project to alleviate and empowered Nigerian school girls.

“I’m honoured to support Nigerian Sports. There is no doubt that sports is a tool to take kids away from social vices and engage the youths for a good future, and I believe that the government can’t do it alone , individuals should come out and support the kids for a greater future, just as my Foundation, the Esther Ajayi Foundation supported the Nigerian Football Supporters Club of Nigeria ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

“It’s not only football, but sports in general, the women national team are not left out. I was told that Asisat Oshoala is a talented lady who is the current holder of the African footballer of the year award and former BBC world women footballer, I think with such talent we need to support her. She will be training girls about the basics of football and education, which I am totally in support of her,” Esther Ajayi said.

“At Esther Ajayi Foundation, our mission is to change people’s lives through the power of giving , our vision is to touch one million lives in the next 12 months. Our aim is not only to become a world class humanitarian and philanthropic organization but also to inspire, raise up and support generation of givers,” she disclosed.

Asisat Oshoala is the reigning women African player of the year, the queen of women football in Africa , and the only African  who represent women footballers in FIFA .The Oshoala School Girls Football Clinic will be an intensive five day coaching for aspiring women footballers which holds before the year runs out. Exceptional talents spotted will stand a chance of playing football in China and the UK as well as furthering their education.

“It’s all about the girl child education and sports , that’s the motto of my foundation and it’s part of my plans to give back to the society which raised me to let everyone know that they can be their own star,” Oshoala said in an interview at the weekend.

“They can also be like the First Lady of Lagos State,  Mrs. Bolanle  Ambode or our Rev Mother Esther Ajayi  so long they go to school. Educating a child will only bring about an educated nation.”

The clinic is endorsed by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF,  the Lagos State Football Association, LSFA, supported by the Office of the First Lady of Lagos State, Her Excellency Mrs. Bolanle Ambode and Rev Mother Esther Ajayi through her foundation and the Church Love of Christ Generation, UK.

About 5000 girls from different secondary schools in Lagos are expected to take part in the competition. Balls, pair of boots, jerseys, school bags and other educational and sports equipment will be distributed to all participants.

The winner of last year’s edition is currently in school at Brooke House of Education and Sports, while also playing for the Brooke Football Academy in UK.