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Nigerian music star, Burna Boy sets up football academy, reality show for grass root footballers

Nigerian music star, Burna Boy sets up football academy, reality show for grass root footballers

By Abdulgafar Oladimeji

Popular Nigerian music actor, Burna Boy  has established soccer academy for the discovery and nurturing of talented grass root footballers, in his home country, Nigeria.

The music  icon  said the motive behind the  establishment  of  the academy is to give unnoticed talented footballers access to the scarce  platform that has denied  potential footballers the chance to achieve their dreams of becoming professional players.

Checks revealed that the academy will be operating in FCT Abuja and Port Harcourt, the capital city of the oil rich Rivers state ,  in south south , Nigeria, news sources said that ,  Burna Boy football academy  would  serve as a football scouting platform  for talent seeking  top European football clubs.

Burna Boy is also warming up , for the  flagging off  of football reality show that is  geared towards promoting raw football talents as part of his investments in youth development and empowerment initiative.

Abdulgafar Oladimeji

Abdulgafar Oladimeji is a sports writer with over two decades experience in the industry. As a reporter , he has worked with top major Nigerian newspapers, freelancer with newspaper and broadcast media organizations in Africa, Europe and America. He is a well travelled sports journalists reporting major sports events across the globe.

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