Maureen Mmadu, ex-Super Falcons midfielder has revealed the extent of the menace wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic on football activities which has also affected female football with a handful of Nigeria professional players staying put because of the indefinite halt of football abroad.
The former Super Falcons’ Assistant Coach said it was painful that those who were in the country had continued to train without any form of competitive matches or tournaments just to keep fit while lamenting being trapped in Nigeria due to the pandemic and hopes she can return to her base in Norway.
“I came back from Norway when I had the assignment of coaching the Super Falcons, and that assignment finished last year, I don’t know what will happen in the next few months but I hope to return to my base to continue my coaching job.”
“COVID-19 has affected football activities generally and female football particularly, but there are some of our players that are supposed to go back to their clubs and there are those in Nigeria training without any competitive game or tournament in sight,’’ Mmadu who was recently made female football ambassador in Anambra said.”
Mmadu further revealed her excitement concerning the attention female football has been receiving in Anambra and expressed readiness to partner with the state government in developing the game so as to make the state women football what it ought to be.
