Meet The Winners Of The 2022 LIS Conference Grants

The Organisers of the Ladies In Sports International Conference (LIS) on Thursday gave sports grants of Two Hundred Thousand Naira each to three young women athletes and a football team, Alimosho Ladies at the 2022 Edition held at the Eko Hotels And Suites.

Among the recipients of the grants is the Nigeria Women Football League Nationwide League sensation, Imo Strikers Football Club top scorer, Harmony Achiefula.

Achiefula got a cash of N200,000 as grants from the LIS, among three young women athletes and a football team, Alimosho Ladies at the 2022 edition.

According to the NWFL Chairperson Aisha Falode, Harmony -who emerged the Highest Goal Scorer and Most Valuable Player at the just concluded NWFL Nationwide League in Benin City, Edo State, after scoring 11 out of total 15 goals scored by her team, Imo Strikers of Owerri – will be a special guest of the NWFL, at the Super Six in Benin City, Edo State, from May 16, where she will be presented with a Commemorative plague as the Goal Queen at the NWFL Nationwide 2021/2022.

Others who got the grants aside Harmony Achiefula are, Stella Ayankele, currently, the best home-based 100m hurdler and reigning Nigeria University Games (NUGA) champion, Temitope Adesina, the reigning National Sports Festival champion in high jump, and Alimosho Ladies Football Club, who will be Nigeria’s sole representative at the Neymar Cup that will be taking place in Qatar.

Published by Monsurah Olatunji

Monsurah Olatunji is a Nigeria based Sport enthusiast with a bias for women's football. An advocate of women's football development in Africa and girl-child empowerment.

Leave a comment