{"id":5753,"date":"2021-07-01T14:10:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T14:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/?p=5753"},"modified":"2021-07-01T14:10:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T14:10:52","slug":"nff-govt-of-maryland-agree-to-collaborate-on-development-programmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/nff-govt-of-maryland-agree-to-collaborate-on-development-programmes\/","title":{"rendered":"NFF, Govt of Maryland agree to collaborate on development programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Nigeria Football Federation and the Government of Maryland have
highlighted and agreed on a number of co-operation programmes designed
to enhance the development of football in the country Nigeria and the
State of Maryland, an important mid-Atlantic State in the United
States of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday, 30th June 2021,
President of the NFF and a Member of the FIFA Council, Mr Amaju Melvin
Pinnick and the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, Boyd Rutherford
agreed on a number of collaborative areas including but not limited to
minimum of one friendly match with Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles and Super
Falcons in FIFA window opportunities; utilization of the platform to
create a symbiotic economic relationship in broader areas of economic
development; leveraging of the Baltimore-Maryland 2026 platform\/assets
to create added value for NFF Sponsors for broader activations; focus
on youth development programmes and; the development of a formal
sister city relations to cover football development and stadium
management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n