Team Pinnick Takes on FUBS at Akinwunmi Charity Mini Tournament

There is a high level of excitement and infectious ecstasy as the fourth edition of the Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini-Tournament comes to a climax at the Lagos Campos Mini-Stadium today.

Sponsored by the 1st Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation, Seyi Akinwunmi, the show-stopping event has over the years attracted leading administrators, top-drawer artistes and ex-international footballers to the finale, while a number of promising talents have been unearthed during the youth competition.

The competition’s main objective is provision of scholarships for smart but indigent children and support for ailing exinternational players.

Over 200 children have been supported through the Courage Education Foundation, which has chosen the game of football to bring people together and raise funds for the Foundation’s goals.

Thorough, deliberate and averse to doing things in half measures, Akinwunmi, who has been Chairman of Lagos State Football Association for more than six years now, has driven the mini-tournament and the Foundation with a touch of class, charisma and consistency.

A well-thought partnership with Greensprings International School, Lagos has provided the perfect station for star discoveries to combine first-education with sport, which ultimately makes for a better athlete.

This year, Musa Alli and Elvis Onyenze, who have shone for Nigeria’s Under-15 squad and look good enough to be considered for the next Nigeria Under-17 squad, graduated from Greensprings International School.

“Our goal is to provide the perfect platform for the gifted but indigent child to fulfil his dream, through combining good education with a career in sport. Alli and Onyenze are examples of what we set out to do and they are still going strong, but there are many more on the way.