Organizers of Obanikoro Football Tournament have disclosed its partnership with FRAPAPA BET for the ongoing tournament.
Organizing committee chairman, Azeez Onadi, explained that: “The tournament has been around for six years with our basic motivation being the passion for the game.
“We noticed youths, who were once-promising football players, were getting involved in social vices and other antisocial activities because there was neither work nor sporting competition to keep them busy or off the street, thus putting their football career into perspective, hence the introduction of this tournament.”
The chairman added: “The partnership with FRAPAPA BET is timely and will assist in the sustained achievement of this goal for the general good of the youth, and in particular, the development of grassroots soccer not only in Shomolu/Bariga axes but the entire State.
“It hasn’t been easy doing this alone with my committee members. We appreciate support from a political figure like Rotimi Abiru, who has graced all finals except last year as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, and ex-international like Waid Akanni but with the prospective partnership with Hon. Kuye Ademorin, Hon. Tokunbo Abiru and Hon. Abiodun Orekoya, we believe more youth will benefit from this annual empowerment programme, which comes up on December 26 at Baptist Academy Playing Field Obanikoro, Lagos.”
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