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Moroccan Club Avadas Appoints Former NFF Member Ambassador

Former board member of the Nigerian Football Federation and former Chairman of Gombe State FA, Alhaji Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe has been appointed Consultant to Moroccan soccer side, Avadas Club Casablanca.

Gara Gombe received a letter of appointment dated July 4, 2022 from the club’s director, Rachid Nasraoui. The letter stated that the former Gombe United FC chairman will play a huge role in the upcoming International AIN Sebaa Cup tournament holding between November 3 and 7, 2022.

The tournament is for youth within the age bracket of 11 and 12 years. It is for youth development where future world stars and champions will be discovered, nurtured and managed into stardom.

The letter read, “As our consultant, you are mandated to nominate, screen, coordinate and mobilize the participation of a minimum of four (4) teams from across Africa from different countries.

“This is the first time the tournament is going international. Other details and expectations
of the tournament are as discussed during our meeting.The details of your engagement
will be discussed in due course some of which have already been discussed.”

As Consultant Gara Gombe will bring his wealth of experience to bear on the club’s youth development, organization and welfare policy among others during the tournament.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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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