Sam Okwaraji
The family Supper Eagles ex-player, late Sam Okwaraji, has expressed disgust over government’s failure to immortalize their son since 1989.
The younger brother to the late football hero, Pat Okwaraji, disclosed the feelings of the family in a chat with sports writers yesterday at the kickoff of Sam Okwaraji Memorial Football Competition at Sam Okwaraji Stadium in Orlu, Imo State.
Pat frowned at the way the entire family is treated by the leaders of the country’s sports and football after the footballer collapsed and died while playing for Nigeria against Angola in 1989.
He said that the competition being sponsored by Chief Okechukwu Theodor Eze is a welcome idea for the family as it would go a long way in immortalizing their son.
He commended the sponsor for the competition, which he said is another way of appreciating the enormous contributions of the late soccer star to football development in the country
In his speech marking the official kick off, the sponsor Chief Okechuku Theodor Eze regretted that people prefer to celebrate people with questionable characters rather than role model.
Describing late Okwaraji as a global brand, Eze assured to use the competition as a platform to create opportunities for the young ones to emerge.
He announced that the winner of the competition would go home with N1.5m while the second and third place teams would be rewarded with N1m and N500,000 respectively.
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