IMG begins consultations as Tinubu’s Football Intervention Project kicks off

President Bola Tinubu’s Football Intervention Project has officially kicked off, yesterday, with the project’s strategic partners, IMG, meeting with top executives of the NTA at their Headquarters in Abuja.

According to a statement from the coordinators, the IMG team and Afro Sport, the Nigeria strategic partner, will also during the week meet with top executives of NPFL, the NFF, the NSC and corporate bodies that have shown interest in the project that promises to change the fortunes of the country’s football and make it one of the best in the world.

The statement disclosed that the NTA headquarters will house the Production Hub, making it imperative for the visitors to meet with management to discuss prospects and challenges.

“During the week, the IMG executives and Afro Sport executives will also meet with private football club owners from Ikorodu City and Remo Stars, and government-owned football club representatives from Kwara United and Lobi Stars.

“Apart from these corporate entities, the IMG and Afro Sport fact-finding mission will also meet with individuals and corporate entities who have shown interest in the President Tinubu Football Intervention Project,” the statement added

The Guardian recalls that following Nigeria’s defeat by Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in Abidjan, President Tinubu had promised that his government would do everything possible to ensure that Nigeria’s sports, starting with football, would be among the best in the world.
The statement said that the president has held brainstorming sessions with experts in football in Nigeria, at CAF, FIFA and other stakeholders.

“The majority of the experts agreed that the best medicine for the moribund football industry is