Ugochukwu Iwuchukwu
Former president of Go Round FC of Omoku, Bro. Felix Obuah has expressed joy over the recent award given to him by the Nigeria National League, NNL.
At the recently done Annual General Meeting of the League, Bro. Felix Obuah was conferred with a “Football Icon” award and this was for solely sponsoring the club for twenty-seven years.
Obuah, on receiving the award expressed appreciation to the new leadership of NNL for the award, an event that took place in Abakiliki last weekend.
“I’m happy for this award and at the fact that the NNL has remembered and recognized me,” Obuah said when the General Manager of the club, Dr Soni Uboh visited him at his country home in Omoku.
“There have been recent reforms by the new board of the league geared towards making the NNL more attractive and to provide a platform for healthy competition,” Obuah said.
He assured the NNL of his support.
Chairman of the Nigeria National League, Obinna Ogba particularly praised Obuah for demonstrating genuine qualities of a sportsman by sustaining and bankrolling of the club despite going down after two seasons in Nigeria Professional Football League.
The Nigeria National League starts on January 31 and Go Round FC have a home game against Osun United.
