Okocha, Drogba, Balotelli, Others Listed For Abuja Charity Champions Cup

FORMER Chelsea striker and Cote d’ivoire captain, Didier Drogba, Super Eagles former captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Napoli star, Victor Osimhen and Italian star, Mario Balotelli, are among top football personalities billed to feature in Abuja’s first Charity Champions Cup to hold on June 15.

Other top stars listed are former Barcelona Ladies striker, who now plays for Bay FC in the United States, Asisat Oshoala, Dan Amokachi, Kanu Nwankwo, Patrice Evra, Emmanuel Adebayo, Emmanuel Eboue, Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Michelle Alozie.

Also listed for the event being organised by Attom Foundation as part of its efforts to raise awareness on eye diseases, are such celebrities as Funny Bone, Ayo Makun, Paul and Peter Okoye, Kemen, Akpororo, Tiwa Savage and Crazy Clown.

At the event, doctors would be on hand to carry out eye operations on over 10,000 Nigerians, the foundation said, adding that as part of efforts to support Nigerians, especially those with issues with their sight, the foundation will provide 36 busses to convene people to the stadium.

Speaking at the unveiling of the initiative at the Eco Bank Pan African Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, founder, Attom Foundation, Yahaya Attom, said: “We want to use sports to help people and raise awareness. I discussed with my friends and they loved the initiative and are ready to support it. We are focusing on eye diseases. The health system needs a lot of support and we are ready to help people to regain full use of their sight.

“There are many people with sight issues which can be prevented and that’s our focus in this edition… we will focus on other things in subsequent programmes.”

One of the participating health officials, Dr. Chibuike Ndukwe- Nwoke, who is a doctor of Optometry, said: “I was excited when I was told about this initiative to provide eye care for Nigerians who can’t afford it.