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The government of Ekiti State has established a feeders team for the state-owned female football club, Ekiti Queens FC, to further increase the participation of indigenous female football in the state.
Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji has identified sport as a powerful tool for youth development and is leaving no stone unturned in creating enabling platforms for talented youth of the state to build successful careers in sport. The amis and objectives behind the establishment of the feeders team is to create additional platform for upcoming female footballers in the state to nurture their dreams of laying professional football
Our determination is to further on our developmental plan for sport in the state and by extension the state-owned female football club, Ekiti Queens. The idea is to develop a long term plan where our indigenous female footballers will showcase, nurture and develop their talents to become accomplished and professional footballers
As a government with fixated attention to sport development, our holistic approach towards the advancement of sport in the state has further created more awareness on the opportunities in sport and it has attracted increased participation amongst the youth populace of Ekiti State and we are determined to do more.
Ekiti Queens Feeders, apart from being a platform for our indigenous female footballers to gain access to the professional side Ekiti Queens, it will also become an avenue to spotlight the young players for marketing values.
The age bracket for the feeders team would be between the age of 15 to 18 years and shall be placed on monthly stipend.
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