Football enthusiasts and grassroots football promoters in Lagos are in an exuberant mood, ahead of the planned Abisco Football Championship, scheduled to begin this month.
Speaking on behalf of the organisers of the football tournament, Miss Deborah Okediadi, said the 32-team competition will kick off on the knockout series with the 16 winners qualifying to play into the group stage. The two teams in each group will move into the quarter-finals and thereon to the final match of the competition.
On her part, Hon. Olabisi Adebajo, who is the sponsor and brain behind the competition, expressed her excitement and desire to host the football competition, which she stated was one of her several initiatives to stem youth restiveness and of course, help the talented youths in and around the Mosan Okunola LCDA, achieve their sporting dreams.
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Also during the event, members of the famous Santos Futbol Club of Brazil, who are on a second-ever visit to Nigeria, were presented to the guests. The Brazilians praised the sponsor of the competition and prayed for its success.
The head of the organisers, and national chairman of Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Rev. Samuel Ikpea, while praising Hon. Adebajo, for her unflinching commitment to youth empowerment, also revealed that apart from the usual prizes to deserving teams and individual players, the best player of the tournament would go on an all-expense-free football trip to Brazil.