Ten (10) teams in the capital city of Nigeria in Abuja are set to make a statement when JOSENIHO Kids Football League kicks off come first week of February 2025, where children of different age grades will competing for honour and showcase their talents.
A league put in place by a football enthusiast Victor Isereke will sees over 500 kids competing in different age grades categories.
The category includes, Age 1-8, under 10, under 12 and under 14 where 10 teams from nooks and crannies of FCT is expected to register 15 players for the league.
However, after the competition players all the participating kids will smile home with football gifts like uniform, kits ball amongst others.
While the 1st price winner will pocket 1 million naira, second position #500.000, third position #350,000.
While speaking the sponsor of the Joseniho kids football leagues Victor Isereke the aim is to provide templates for the kits to complete and showcase their God’s given talent.
According to him, I am football enthusiastic, I have three boys who are
footballers, and I have seen people organizing this kind of tournament in Abuja
before, I was not impressed with some aspect, I felt I should come up with my
own and correct those areas that were not satisfactory.
“The aim is to provide the kids with that template to compete, there are a lot
of football academy in Abuja but many kids still don’t have the opportunity to
compete to put the things they are learning to practical use so, I felt it’s an
opportunity to provide the template for the kids to play with one another.
When asked if league is going to be every year or one of one Mr Isekere replied: “It’s going to be the first but not the last, I am passionate about it, that is why we are giving our best to ensure their continuity, I have friend associate that are willing to partner to set the foundation right for this tournament.”
In his remarked, the Chairman LOC Organizing committee Dayo Faleyimu expressed that the league will be one of the best in the country.
“We are expecting 10 teams for now we have 7 teams registered because we are not to just registering a team we want the best team to be part of this because all we want is the best.”
Talking about age falsification, LOC chairman said that the organizer will make
use of Original certificate of birth, International passport NiN among others
to ensure there is no issue of age cheat in the competition.
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