Karim Adeyemi's Contribution To Nigeria's Grassroots Football Is Massive’ - Abiodun Adeyemi

 Karim Adeyemi's Contribution To Nigeria's Grassroots Football Is Massive’ - Abiodun Adeyemi

The president of Adeyemi Football Club of Ibadan, Mr. Abiodun Adeyemi also known as “Baba Abe” has praised his son, Karim Adeyemi, the Superstar of Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga for his contribution to the Maracana project in Lagos.

Recall that the Maracana project which contains 19 state-of-the-art soccer fields and a fully equipped 192-bed hostel accommodation with 24-hour electricity supply, located at Ajegunle, Lagos is currently the talk of the town.

The Maracana project has been further enriched by generous donations from international football stars,  among whom was Kareem Adeyemi.

While speaking with the newsmen in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo state, Mr Adeyemi applauded his son's kind gesture.

‘A project like this is a big project which we can't overlook, I must commend Mr Yemi Idowu, the initiator of this project, for dreaming of this wonderful project and again, I'm not surprised by my son's kind gesture because his passion for grassroots development is very strong’. He disclosed.

Mr Adeyemi explained that Karim Adeyemi's contribution to the project is a way to show commitment to sports development at the grassroots level to nurture talents at the grassroots level.

‘Adeyemi Football Club is part of Karim's plans to create platforms for the young ones and he has been a good role model for the future stars, and I promise that he won't stop his kind gesture’. He said.

He advised all sports stakeholders in Nigeria to put in place a better platform that will be an avenue for future stars to grow.