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Aktel boost for BFF

Football

Sports Reporter
Cellular phone operating house Aktel has showed interest to become Bangladesh Football Federation's (BFF) partner in progress.
The newly elected executive committee of the federation, looking for sponsors to meet the high expenses of leading its office to professionalism as well as running the game countrywide, has been in talks with several leading business houses and Aktcl's visit to the BFF Bhaban yesterday could be a giant step towards fulfilling its goal.
Aktel's CEO and MD Jefri Ahmed Tambi met BFF president Kazi Salahuddin and other high-ups for initial talks and Salahuddin said that the discussion was fruitful.
"1 believe that Aktel will be partners with us. It would take some time to work out the details but a few more meetings with them will take us to agreement soon," said the BFFchief.
"We need fund to run the activities and Aktel is likely to be our sponsors for many tournaments."
Salahuddin said he is eying the mobile phone house to become their sponsors for the B. League, Federation Cup, the National Championship and school and district leagues.
"Even if they do not support all the events we have lined up for them, they are certain to do the majorones.
"The Aktel MD, who will be abroad and returns home on July 14, has already instructed his office to leam about our programmes."
The lack of activities in the last few years has already forced some of the BFF sponsors to turn back from football but Salahuddin said he would try to convince them to rejoin the federation.
"I have some new names (of
sponsors) in hand and hope to strike deals with them as well," added the former national footballer, whose first target is to sign a deal for the Federation Cup, which kicks-off the domestic season on July 31.
"Whatever I sell, I am not going to sell cheap. It has been done in the past but not now," he commented referring to the curtain raiser event.
It can be mentioned that the Prime Bank has already promised to support the BFF for the B. League and another major competition.
"Football is a very popular game and we are very much interested to be involved with it. We are looking to make the collaboration with the BFF," saidTambi after the meeting.
Bidyut Kumar Basu, chief commercial officer of Aktel, said after the initial discussion that they were hoping to be a partner of football.
"Aktel will feel proud if it is involved with the new-look football federation," said Basu.