Reigning champions of the Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, Enyimba Football Club of Aba, Abia Warriors and Abia Comets of Umuahia have been encouraged to source future soccer talents from the Abia State Secondary School Unity Cup which kicks off on Friday.
Abia State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Nwaobilor Ananaba stated this on Tuesday at Umuahia township stadium while briefing Journalists on the Secondary school sports events which will involve about 1000 students from secondary schools drawn from all LGAs of the state.
He noted that the unity cup will provide ample opportunity for scouts in Enyimba, Abia Warriors, and Abia Comets to identify, monitor and snap up future talents.
He added that arrangements are on to project young stars that would emerge from the competitions to the European sporting market, even as he said that there would be different sporting events involving secondary schools from different LGAs of Abia.