{"id":7292,"date":"2026-08-20T12:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2026\/08\/20\/dan-anyiam-u-15-memorial-football-tournament-is-about-investing-in-our-youths-hon-obinna-onyeocha\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:19:08","slug":"dan-anyiam-u-15-memorial-football-tournament-is-about-investing-in-our-youths-hon-obinna-onyeocha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2026\/08\/20\/dan-anyiam-u-15-memorial-football-tournament-is-about-investing-in-our-youths-hon-obinna-onyeocha\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Anyiam U-15 Memorial Football Tournament Is About Investing In Our Youths &#8211; Hon. Obinna Onyeocha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-11.52.00-AM.jpeg\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript lzl=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"546\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-11.52.00-AM-640x546.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-11.52.00-AM-640x546.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-11.52.00-AM-300x256.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-11.52.00-AM-1024x873.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-11.52.00-AM-768x655.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-11.52.00-AM-493x420.jpeg 493w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-11.52.00-AM-681x581.jpeg 681w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-11.52.00-AM.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Dan Anyiam U-15 Memorial Football Tournament\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Imo State commissioner for sports, Honourable Obinna Onyeocha has described the ongoing 1st Late Dan Anyiam U-15 Memorial Football Tournament as a productive venture that \u2018is about investin\u2019 in youth talents\u2019 across various communities and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Sports247 reports that, while declaring open the competition sponsored by Anderson Anyiam, CEO of WorldBest Pharmaceuticals, at Old Township Stadium, Tetlow Road, Owerri, Onyeocha stated that it is designed to honour the memory of the former national team player and coach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/zadok-yohanna-named-in-brighton-squad-for-uefa-conference-league-qualifier-against-tromso\/\">Zadok Yohanna Named in Brighton Squad for UEFA Conference League Qualifier Against Troms\u00f8 | Sports247 Nigeria<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He added that, apart from honouring him as Nigeria\u2019s first indigenous coach of the national team, the competition is also a platform for young footballers to be discovered, nurtured and exposed to greater opportunities, while showcasing their skills in a very conducive environment amidst excitement and fanfare.<\/p>\n<p>Onyeocha also commended the sponsor for investing in youth development through football, then urged the participating players and teams to maintain discipline and good conduct throughout the competition, as it is a launchpad that can turn them into future stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very good initiative, because it is about investing in our youths and discovering talents. It is in line with the policy of His Excellency, Governor Hope Uzodimma, to promote youth development and sports in Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want the players to conduct themselves very well. Some of the talents that will be discovered here may become great stars in the nearest future,\u201d enthused Onyeocha, who noted that the opening matches confirmed that 1st Dan Anyiam Memorial Cup will be very memorable.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/dan-anyiam-u-15-memorial-football-tournament-is-about-investing-in-our-youths-hon-obinna-onyeocha\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imo State commissioner for sports, Honourable Obinna Onyeocha has described the ongoing 1st Late Dan Anyiam U-15 Memorial Football Tournament as a productive venture that \u2018is about investin\u2019 in youth talents\u2019 across various communities and beyond. Sports247 reports that, while declaring open the competition sponsored by Anderson Anyiam, CEO of WorldBest Pharmaceuticals, at Old Township [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7294,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7292\/revisions\/7294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}