Messi,Ronaldo ,Drogba and others to play in Nigeria

MESSI,RONALDO DROGBA AND OTHERS TO
PLAY IN NIGERIA
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Argentina football legends, Diego Amando
Maradona and Lionel Messi are among a host of
former and active football stars scheduled to
play an international exhibition match against
human trafficking, insurgency and terrorism.
The match is listed for May 21 in Abuja.

The FIFA and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
sanctioned initiative tagged: Africa My Africa is
organised by next2none, a non-profit making
organisation to use football to promote global
security and fight human trafficking.

The novelty match between Africa Stars Vs
World Stars will feature household names
including Zinedine Zidane, Ruud Gullit,
Ronaldinho, George Weah, Samuel Kuffour,
Samuel Eto'o, Abedi Pele, Nwankwo Kanu, Austin
Jay Jay Okocha, Thierry Henry and Cristiano
Ronaldo.

Others include; David Beckham, Didier Drogba
and a cluster of female footballers such as
Sydney Leroux, Asisat Oshoala, Birgit Prinz, Sun
Wen, Abby Wanbach, Homare Sawa, Kelly Smith,
Marta, Alex Morgan, Hope Solo, Toni Duggan,
Anouk Hoogendijk, Nayeli Rangel, Lauren
Sesselmann, Julia Simic and Corine Petit.

At a media event to announce the project,
Chairman of next2none, Ndukwe Sam Obu said a
global initiative uniting all nations was required
to combat terrorist activities which have been on
the spike over the last decade.

Obu said that radicalisation of the youths into
violent extremism was a great concern in Africa,
given that approximately 70 per cent of African
population are youths.

He said the organisers and other stakeholders
including the National Human Rights Commission
(NHRC) and National Agency for Prohibition and
Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) sought to
arrange the match by leveraging on football
which has shown positive impact in bringing
peace to different nations and as a tool for
reconciliation.