Water FC partner Waldorf Knoll Academy to unearth football talents
Water Football Club of Abuja is set to partner Waldorf Knoll Academy in discovering football talents for the national teams.
The partnership was sealed on Thursday in Abuja at the when the Waldorf Knoll Academy launched a worldclass Sports-Education school in Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria, the first educational centre in Africa to facilitate education via the latest digital technology.
Water Football Academy which is run by a famous football administrator, Mr Makanjuola Nureni, is a renowned sports academy that has invested so much in grassroots sports development in Nigeria.
Speaking at the occasion, the CEO of Water FC Nureni Makanjuola who was full of joy expressed that the partnership is central to bringing about development to football and education respectively.
“My vision is to let education and football go together and this school when they call me to be a partner to them. It gives me joy because with that my dream comes through.
“It’s a big avenue for me that most of the people who want to play football can play and they can also be educated.
“Also, why I want education and football to go together is that you have a short period of time to play football but if you support it with education after playing football you can know how to manage your resources, to manage yourself for the rest of your life, therefore, it’s a great joy for me to partner with this school on education and football.
“Our own partnership is to develop young talents that are student here, to put them in the right part for development in football,” he said.