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The Nigerian sports agency wants to make the entertaining game the number one indoor sport in Lagos and Nigeria.
Nigerian sports agency WLB Sports Limited is set to launch the first-of-its-kind professional Futsal league in Lagos, Nigeria.
WLB, founded in 2022 to promote Nigerian excellence through sports, will later this month kickoff this ambitious initiative with a Futsal exhibition tagged 'Futsal Lagos' with two professional teams and celebrities to battle it out at the indoor sports hall at the National Stadium in Surulere.
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According to the agency, Futsal Lagos aims to prepare Lagosians and Nigerians for the ultimate football experience that will meet international standards.
Futsal Lagos - a showcase of a viable alternative to football
Speaking about the event, Co-founder of Futsal Lagos and managing partner WLB Sports Limited, the company set to run the professional league, Unwana Etuk, said that the event would allow them to expose Lagosians to the viable possibilities outside football.
"The exhibition we are doing on the 31st of December is basically a showcase of the possibilities that exist in the world of Futsal. We want to show Lagosians first of all that this game is a viable alternative to 11-a-side (football) in Nigeria."
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Unwana added that the unique show will allow his agency to change the narrative by exposing Nigerians to more opportunities via sports development.
"Futsal Lagos is basically a private first-of-its-kind league in this climate," he added. "Futsal has never been played at a professional level before. So, we are trying to change the narrative and aid in the development of football and sports in the country. I think Futsal is the step in the right direction."
More on the Futsal League
Futsal Lagos is an initiative that was born out of a need for additional inclusion in the football community in Nigeria and world football at large.
We intend to take proper advantage of this unique opportunity to establish ourselves in this ever-growing inclusive world of football by introducing Futsal, another important facet of the game, to the people of Lagos and Nigeria by extension.
Countries like Spain, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and some countries in the Middle East have created a blueprint for others to follow. This gives us a great advantage to imprint this system as most people here start out playing football on a hard flat surface.
We believe that we can exploit this opportunity and develop a league where these skills which are important in the overall development of any footballer, are seamlessly transferable.
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