A two-week development camp, at the weekend, opened in Abuja for the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Youth League All-stars.
 
The 30 players, who arrived in camp on Sunday, are staying at the Goodluck Jonathan Athletes Performance Hostel, inside the FIFA Goal Project of the MKO Abiola National Stadium.
 
They are made up of seven players from NPFL champions, Enugu Rangers’ youth team, six from NPFL runners-up, Remo Stars, and five from winners of the maiden NPFL U-17 Youth League, Rivers United.
 
The rest are four from Plateau United and Katsina United, two from Lobi Stars, and one each from Abia Warriors and Sunshine Stars.
 
The players were picked from the five zonal qualifiers, which were held in February at Lafia, Kaduna, Ado Ekiti, Enugu, and Port Harcourt as well as from the finals that were held from February 25 to March 3 in Benin.
 
Some of the very outstanding players went on to be promoted to the senior teams of their respective clubs, just as some made it to the national U-17 team that narrowly missed qualification for the AFCON U-17 championship.
 
Notable among the players in camp are the duo of Oscar Ozornwanfor and Seiyefa Jackson of Rivers United, Chimaobi Igwilo of Rangers, and Aigbe Bolaji of Remo Stars.
 
The camp will close on August 3 while there are plans to have the players travel to Spain for further training.