The president of Association of Nigerian Women Football Club Coaches (ANWFCC), Hans Kraemer has sent out a passionate appeal to corporate bodies across the country to troop out in support of their annual All Stars Women Competition in Lagos.
Speaking ahead of Saturday’s final of the 2025 edition at Legacy Pitch of Lagos National Stadium in Surulere, Kraemer told Sports247 that a competition of this magnitude must not rely only on sponsorship sourced through friends.
Kraemer reasoned at length, “The problem of sponsorship for us is that we depend mostly on private people and friendship. We’ve gained from friends of mine who assist us and sponsor us because they know me and they are my friends.
I hope we can still continue like that and gain more. I hope we get some Nigerian companies and organizations to join our team in the long term, because we need them.”
The female football zealot, who hails from Switzerland but has been involved in promoting the women’s game in Nigeria since the year 2000, expressed strong expectations for the competition to wax stronger, even as his eight year tenure as ANWFCC president comes to an end this Sunday, when their next election takes place, but he stressed that acquiring corporate support is the best way forward.
Kraemer continued, “We need them, absolutely, because it’s not done that only people who know me are the ones that will support us. One day, I will not be here anymore, but the tournament will continue on a sound basis.
That is our main concern now – how Nigerian companies can start to come in, and I hope they will stay, in order to make the competition better.”
Kraemer concluded by reeling out many benefits that any sponsor of the competition would gain, as he cited his personal satisfaction and their impact on many Nigerian star players as pointers to the positive effects of the all-comers showcase event.
“There are many benefits from this competition. It is very clear that the players can go up to the Falcons, the Falconets, or the Flamingos. I am also happy that many of the players know me by name, because they’ve played in the All Stars Competition.
“There is no African Footballer of The Year that has not played in this All Stars competition. Nkwocha, Cynthia Uwak, Mercy Akide, Oshoala… they have all played here.
“We are here to get the players and make them better. When they go home after the tournament, their coach must say, ‘I’ve seen you have improved. I am happy with you.’ That is our job here … to see that they come, they can play and they must improve,” Kraemer posited.
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