By; PATRICK TITUS, Uyo
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Akwa Ibom State Council Football Team aka the Pen Pushers have intensified training as they gear up for the novelty match against members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) football team slated for Wednesday December 8, as part of activities to mark the 2021 Press Week.
The Pen Pushers have scheduled two training sessions ahead of the game. The first training session has been fixed for Friday 3rd December at 5pm and another session on Monday 6th December 2021 at the NUJ Press Centre playground by 5pm.
On Tuesday, the NUJ Chairman, Comrade Amos Etuk presented two match balls to the Captain of the Pen Pushers, Bassey Ibiatisuho as well as the Captain of the NUJ female team, Mary Ekere to commence training and charged the NUJ teams to go for victory. The female team will be taking on NULGE female football team also on December 8.
According to the Pen Pushers Coach, Mfon Patrick, the players are to report with their training kits at the NUJ Press Centre, Information Drive Uyo fifteen minutes before the training time.
Meanwhile, the ICAN team is promising to field in their best players as boast on some local radio stations in the state that they would feed the NUJ team with a basket-full of goals in a match hoped to be watched by enthusiastic football fans in the state.
