NFF, Supersports set to partner Rashidi  Yekini Foundation..

By Ayo Ademokoya..

The duo of the chieftain of Nigerian highest soccer ruling body, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) Barrister Seyi Akinwumi who doubles as the chairman Lagos State Football Association and the General Manager, (West Africa) of the largest Digital Television Network in Africa, Super Sports has agreed to partner  the initiatives from the Rashidi Yekini Foundation.

  

Receiving the duo of Yemisi Yekini and Omoyemi Yekini,  children of the late football icon who paid him a courtesy visit in the presence of his Vice Chairman Lagos State Football Association, Mr Tade  Azeez and other top official of the Association, in the company of their late dad’s lawyer, Mr Jibril Mohammed  and their guidance on Friday at the Lagos state Football Association office, Onikan, Barrister Akinwunmi personally awarded scholarship which  covers the School fees and other expenses of Omoyemi Yekini who is an under graduate of English Language at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State and also extends the good will to the eldest sister who is a final year student of cinematography at the Leicester City University, United Kingdom as he would love to be personally want to be involved in the progress of the foundation.

 

“I am genuinely overwhelmed meeting what Yekini left behind and now the NFF has finally and formally receives you today shows   we are indeed a responsible organization.  I have already discussed with the President of the NFF, Mr Amaju Pinnick and that is why I am staying behind to receive you despite the heavy schedule we have even today as some of us are in France for the friendly football match with Mali while some are in Port-Harcourt for Joseph Yobo’s testimonial match.

“It is just coincidental that few days ago we were discussing something similar on how to immortalize our heroes especially Rashidi Yekini, only for me to get a call that his children are coming on a courtesy visit.

“Many always say that the Football federation has neglect this person or that person forgetting that Nigeria has a huge collection of heroes living and dead and if no one comes forward in an organized way just like the Rashidi Yekini Foundation is doing, we won’t be able to know what to as even in England and other country a an organistaion has to come forward with an idea and there about the association will buy into it ,here all we read on the newspaper is that NFF hasn’t done this or that without any formal request to us.

Earlier in the day, Mr Felix Awogu also in a courtesy visit to Supersports promised everything in his disposal to support the Rashidi Yekini Foundation as he revealed that there was a plan to do something big for the late football icon with Chief Segun Odegbami unfortunately Rashidi died shortly after.

“This is an opportunity for us to showcase that our legends are not forgotten and we promised to buy into the idea of his Ibadan home been turned into a museum and we will make sure the place is alive, all we awaits is something formal from you to us.” He said