By Peter Akpah


Coach Ahmed Ibrahim popularly known as coach bros is the founder of GBS Golden Boot football Academy based in plateau Jossouth LGC, in an on the spot assessment by sourcenews24 on the development of sports and mostly football soccer on the plateau and the achievements, sourcenews24 stump on the GBS football academy and discovered so much that the academy has been doing over the years with the help of coach Ahmed Ibrahim aka coach bros and the nation at large, what went wrong and the challenges inherent so far, in an interactions with some football fans across the state louded the efforts and achievements of coach Ahmed Ibrahim aka coach bros according to them he has impacted in the lives of so many footballers in the state and the nation at large.

The Golden boot soccer academy (GBS) has produced many football stars such as Ahmed Musa, Simon Moses, Peter Eneji, Samuel Kalu and host of others great names the academy has produced so many players currently playing in top flight across Europe and other parts of the world and both in local and international leagues, the academy has also produced players for the super eagles and under 17 and also junior national team, and in an assignment sourcenews24 gathered that the academy is well recognized and one of the best in the country and government has to also support the activities of the academy to achieve more greater hight.

In an interactions with the coach of the academy coach Ahmed Ibrahim aka coach bros he shade more lights on the activities of the academy and also call on the government to come to the aid of the academy by supporting almost all their activities and by so doing clubs like plateau united and mighty jets and other clubs in the state will have young and talented players just as is being done in Europe bring players straight from the academy into the top flight football, speaking further more coach Ahmed said the academy don’t only train players to go to pro but also guide them in getting the right clubs and signing the right contracts and a well benefitted contracts, and also giving them good discipline and well behaved players and according to him so far no player from his academy that is not doing well he said.
Coach Ahmed Ibrahim aka coach bros said all he need is absolute cooperation from the government according to him he said so far government have been supportive in some ways, and he is calling on other stakeholders to partner with them, he also said the academy has an international connections and are also using the opportunity to call on scout all over Europe to come as the academy has very talented young players and he also call on other football who want to play top flight football to visit the academy for proffesionalism and good football training and orientation as the academy is well connected..
Coach Ahmed aka coach bros said plateau state has a lots of talented footballers and jos is the home of football and is bless with good weather that is why most of the players in jos don’t find it difficult to play in Europe and he said over time when you are counting the national team players you most find 2 or more who are from jos, and he said the academy has map up a plan on how to play and screen players during the covid-19, and the academy had deploy all necessary measures for a safe training inline with government directives and guidelines. and he also said he is ever ready to support the development of sports on the plateau and also support the state teams to achieve better results and remain in the top flight football.