KUALA LUMPUR: Some 15,000 trainees under the National Football Development Programme (NFDP) will now have the opportunity to participate in more competitive and quality competitions through huge allocations provided by the government for the programme next year.
National Sports Council (NSC) director-general Datuk Ahmad Shapawi Ismail said the RM45 million allocation would help MSN provide better facilities at the Mokhtar Dahari Football Academy (AMD) in Gambang, Pahang, ensuring that it was on par with football development centres in other developed countries.
“This comes as a relief for us as before this we had to dig into other sports allocations to ensure the programme could be continued as usual,” he said in a statement Friday.
Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng when tabling the 2020 Budget Friday, said the government has allocated RM45 million to the NFDP compared to RM15 million last year. – Bernama
