Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s U-17 women’s national team the Flamingos on Friday evening were rewarded with the sum of N2.1 million by a club owner and philanthropist following the 4-3 win over USA after penalty shootout in the first quarterfinals of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India.
The game ended 1-1 after 90 minutes with Omamuzo Edafe scoring from the penalty spot in the 27th minute before Amalia Villarreal equalised for the Americans five minutes before the halftime break.
Barrister Paul Edeh is the President of The Ratels Sports Development Foundation (RSDF) and proprietor of Naija Ratels Football Club of Abuja and has bee one of the strongest pillars of the team.
The current Flamingos also have some of his players in the national team and he has once again showed his commitment towards inspiring the young ladies to great things.
Prime Business Africa scooped that Barrister Edeh supported the team with the sum of N1.7 million during the qualification stages and how latest N2.1 million donation brings the total of his donations to N3.8 million with the pledge of N3 million should they make it to the final.
“Beating USA and reaching the semi-final stage of a World Cup for the first time is a no mean feat. This is highly commendable and I implore the team to do more.
“We are so impressed with your performance and I know many Nigerians will still do well to appreciate you more. Just remain focused,” the club owner told the team.
The Nigerian side will next week Wednesday face the winner of the Colombia versus Tanzania game on Saturday.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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