William Troost-Ekong Rolls Out Money for NTD Patients in Ondo State

People in Nigeria receiving treatment against Neglected Tropical diseases (NTD) have gotten some funds from Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong who is not happy about the situation.

The money donated by the former Premier League star will however go to people affected with the diseases in Ondo state where more than five million are said to be battling against it.

Over 600 million Africans are actually said to be carriers of the NTD and this development comes as a great one from the Super Eagles defender.

Local government in Ondo state

18 local government areas are in Ondo state, and money donated by Ekong will go round the entire communities even though the amount was not named.

Mohammed Salah: The Jose Mourinho incident that left the Egyptian in tears during Chelsea days

Football

According to the report on Punch, Ekong explained that he will continue to do his best towards giving back to the society claiming that he is happy to be a Nigerian.

Statement made by Ekong

“It’s a step in the right direction, but still a long way to go with over 600 million people in Africa affected, and 1.7 billion globally.''

Mourinho once made Salah cry

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Nigerian football legend Mikel Obi stated emphatically that Jose Mourinho was a no-nonsense gaffer stressing that he was initially scared of the Portuguese when he got to Chelsea.

Obi also explained that Mourinho once made Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah cry in the dressing room during his time at Chelsea after attacking the player at half time of a match.

The former Super Eagles captain revealed that Salah did not play well in the first half of the game and after the 45 minutes, Mourinho hit out at the Egyptian in the dressing room.

Mikel also disclosed that Salah was later substituted angrily by Mourinho in the Premier League encounter.