NFF President Ibrahim Gasau has poured encomiums on Engineer Lanre Adeleke, as he informed that the national U-15 male team tagged Future Eagles and its female counterpart will be camping at the Lanreleke Sports Academy in Ileogbo.
Lanreleke Sports Academy was founded in 2021 and is a co-educational facility, fully residential and specialist Senior Secondary School.
The nation’s apex football egg-head who was on a working visit to Osun State, had a first-hand assessment of the level of football development in the state and also saw the sports facilities put in place by the government and private individuals.
Gasau was led by the Osun State Football Association boss Sola Fanawopo to the Lanreleke Sports Academy in Ileogbo,
Gasau who didn’t hide his delight after seeing the state-of-the-art facilities at the Lanreleke Sports Academy said.
“Let me start by applauding the vision of Engineer Lanre Adeleke, this is a huge investment towards developing the youths in Ileogbo. It was fantastic to see for myself the level of football development in Osun State.
“Am impressed with the facilities the Lanreleke Sports Academy has in stock for our youths, the serene environment is good for academic learning and sports development of future talents.
” With what I have seen at the facility, let me state that the Future Eagles and our female U-15 team, will be using the Lanreleke Sports Academy as their camp to further their development.
“Also some talents from the Lanreleke Football Academy will be drafted to the Future Eagles. The NFF won’t stop at that, as it will send a few technical personnel to the academy.”
