Okoro Eghene who is a graduate of NIS, the prestigious National Institute of Sport has taken the mantle of growing grassroots talent upon himself through his experience and exposure as a former professional footballer who has traveled the shores of Europe.
Oghene as fondly called is spurring on youth with football potential to dive in the ocean as he helps them to grow to the highest pinnacle of their career.
“I am a coach, certified coach, and a graduate of NIS, and also the head coach of 89 football club, it plays in the Ikeja League and we are not doing badly but it’s slightly painful that we missed the Ikeja DFA Super 4 narrowly last season,” he began.
“I am trying to encourage the younger ones to embrace sports and sporting activities instead of resolving into hard drug use and living as a menace to society, this is paramount to me as we have stars in the grassroots that can go on and achieve great things if properly groomed”, Sports247.ng writes.
“For me, it’s one thing I passionately love, sports is my profession and it’s also a career for many across the world because when you talk about sport, it’s something that has to do with your life even if you are not a professional player, sporting activities helps your body because you have to keep fit”.
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“What you eat every day, there is a need to burn them so that you can look healthy so it’s something that I have trained myself to do and I’m helping these young ones achieve the same”.
“As a certified coach, engaging the youths at the grassroots level in sports is always important because talents and destinies are discovered through that,” he explicitly stated.
“As soon as they start trying out different sports, they see that they are talented in a particular one and they pick up from there and go up to be world-class in their chosen paths if properly nurtured and I’m glad to be part of this journey”, Okoro Eghene concluded.
