Pentouch 
Ademola Lookman, the winner of CAF 2024 African footballer of the year has said that football liberated his family from poverty.
Speaking in an emotional laden voice after winning the award ,Lookman said “Football changed our lives. My parents used to work eight hours daily, but still we were poor, struggling to survive. We were once thrown out of our rented apartment because my parents couldn’t afford the rent. I was small then but I could remember everything, so when I started playing football and earning a huge salary I decided to buy the house we were thrown out from to keep the memories”
Continuing he said,my parents really sacrificed everything for me, sometimes they borrowed money to get me football boots, and today I can afford everything I want. I dedicated my Europa League trophy to my parents because they won it, not me”.
