Benue FA holds first-ever stakeholders’ summit

  The Benue State Football Association (BAFA) under the leadership of Barrister Paul Edeh, has organised a stakeholders’ summit in Makurdi to chart the way forward for the game. Those who attended the summit included coaches, referees, ex-internationals, club representatives, football administrators and sports journalists. Edeh, while recalling various efforts by his board to develop […]

 

The Benue State Football Association (BAFA) under the leadership of Barrister Paul Edeh, has organised a stakeholders’ summit in Makurdi to chart the way forward for the game.

Those who attended the summit included coaches, referees, ex-internationals, club representatives, football administrators and sports journalists.

Edeh, while recalling various efforts by his board to develop football in the state, emphasised on the need for peace and unity among the stakeholders.

“When we came on board, precisely 49 days ago, we took initiative on how to move football forward in order to rekindle the good old days when the various ex-internationals, some of whom are gathered here, made us proud.

“I personally believe that there’s no way we will make headway in developing football in the state without listening to those who have played football, coached, still coaching or are doing one thing or the other around football.

“Again, you can’t grow the game when you have a divided house because a house divided against itself can’t stand. We as stakeholders need to put heads together to find ways of developing football in Benue.

“We don’t need to apply a political approach in developing football. We only need to speak and act as one,” he said.

Meanwhile, Chairmen of the Nigeria Football Coaches Association and Nigeria Referees Council in Benue state, Mr. Eugene Agabe and Mr. Gbilekaa Anthony, as well as other stakeholders hailed the developmental strides and proactive steps so far taken by BAFA.