Anambra 2021: Group uses sports to canvass support for Soludo

A political pressure group, Anambra Demand for Soludo (ADS) has staged a football competition among all communities in the state aimed at creating awareness on the need for the emergence of Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the next Governor of the state, come 2021 governorship election.

The Football Competition tagged “Anambra Demand for Soludo Maiden Tournament ” will feature teams from all the 179 communities in the state at local government level, from which the best 18 players would be chosen for career development.

Speaking with some selected Journalists, yesterday, shortly after the opening match of the tournament between Ozubulu and Ichi at St Matthew Field, Ozubulu, Chairman of ADS, Jude Emecheta, said they considered it proper to use sports as a tool for political education.

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He added that the competition was conceived to harness budding talents at grassroots and use a political brand name to mobilize youths to participate actively.

“Some of us have passion for football and we want our youths to showcase their talent .We want to redirect their mind and energy for positive ventures. Again, we decided to play with a name that could make youths come out to play” he said.

Emecheta, who is the Managing Director of Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency(ANSAA) stated that prizes have been lined up for winners as follows, First prize N500,000, Second prize N300,000, and Third prize N200,000 respectively.

Commenting on the Competition, Paulinus Onyeka, Liaison Officer to Governor Willie Obiano, said it was staged to mobilize support for Prof Soludo’s emergence as the next Governor of the state.

“We are using the competition to tell the world about Prof Soludo so that everybody will say he is the man to follow. We want somebody that will consolidate the developmental strides made by Governor Obiano ”

He said the choice of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria is largely due to his profile and managerial capacity to deliver.