Lagos recruits 100 volunteers, 70 stewards for Beach Soccer Nations Cup

Beach Soccer Football action during a recent tournament

TAIWO ADELU

As part of the effort to organize a befitting 2016 CAF AFrica Cup of Nations Beach Soccer Championship, Lagos State Government on Saturday recruited and trained volunteers and stewards for the African event.

The Beach Soccer Nations Cup is scheduled to hold at the Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island from Tuesday 13 to Sunday 18 December 2016.

The transparent recruitment process and training of the volunteers and the stewards were organised by the organising committee put in place by the host government. The committee is co-headed by the Special Adviser on Sports to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Deji Tinubu and Mr. Kweku Tandor, former Director of Sports, Lagos State Sports Council.

Over 200 applicants submitted expression of interest for the volunteer jobs out of which 100 were selected at an exercise conducted at the Media Gallery and the mainbowl of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

The successful volunteers, who comprised graduates of Nigerian universities and polytechnics, secondary school leavers and others were trained on discipline, etiquettes, interpersonal relationship, job description and first aid.

According to the spokesperson of the volunteer sub-committee set up by the host city working committee, Uthman Okunnu, the successful volunteers are majorly to perform volunteering services during the games and to support in making the hosting of the championship a success.

In a related development, to complement the work of security personnel, the security sub-committee for the game also recruited 70 stewards mostly to work at designated car parks reserved for the competition.

For the steward services, 251 applicants were screened during the screening exercise that took place at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Hostilities in the tournament begin on Tuesday. The Nigerian Sand Eagles are in Group A of the competition alongside Ghana, Egypt and old nemesis the Ivory Coast in what is regarded as the toughest group.

Group B has defending champions Madagascar, Libya, Morocco and Senegal who will jostle for the top spot and a place at the World Cup in the Bahamas in 2016.

Group stage match schedule for the 2016 Beach Soccer African Cup of Nations.

Group A

13th December

Ghana v Ivory Coast

Nigeria v Egypt

14th December

Egypt v Ghana

Nigeria v Ivory Coast

15th December

Egypt v Ivory Coast

Nigeria v Ghana

GROUP B