Rev (Mother) Esther Ajayi (left) with Asisat Oshoala
The fifth edition of the Asisat Oshoala Football4girls scheduled to hold at the Campos Mini Stadium from 4-24 December is being sponsored by sports philanthropist Rev (Mother) Esther Ajayi through her Esther Ajayi Foundation.
The Asisat Oshoala Youth Foundation, a brainchild of three-time African Women Footballer of the Year, Asisat Oshoala, is a non-profit organization committed to improve the physical, social and intellectual development of the girl-child through education and sports.
The General Overseer of Love of Christ Church in Clapham, London has been a wonderful mother and sponsorer of Asisat Oshoala Foundation and the Football4girls Project since the first edition.
During the Football4girls Clinic this year, the Barcelona and Super Falcons captain will train 5,000 girls the basics of football during the football camp as over 500 girls have already confirmed participation from Benin Republic, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. So also are 50 participants from C&S and Celestial female footballers.
Three outstanding winners will get cash prizes plus an opportunity to study and play abroad.
The Asisat Oshoala football4girls Africa project is sanctioned by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), the Lagos State Sports Commission and the Lagos State Football Association.
The foundation has also partnered with Blaugrana Sports, the official licensee of Barca Lagos Academy for technical support ahead of the 2019 football clinic for girls in Lagos.
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