All Nigeria School Girls football tourney debuts

THE Nigeria Women Football League, in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has concluded plans to host the maiden All Nigeria Secondary School Girls Football Championship, also called the First Lady's Cup.Hosted in honour of the Nigerian First Lady, Dame Jonathan, the championship, according to the chairperson of the women league board, Dilichukwu Onyedima, will help in discovering female footballers for the various national teams.She said the championship would also help promote the game among the female folk in the society and assist in the development of the game at the grassroots.Project Consultant to the women league board, Deolu Lamikanra, said the championship would attract over 1,500 schools while the preliminary stage holds in all the states before the final in September in Abuja. According to him, ''the championship should have been underway by now but still awaits the endorsement of the first lady, and this is due to her tight scheduled.'We have already secured the support of the FCT on the project but as a mark of honour, we have to seek her endorsement before going ahead. But as soonas that is sorted out, we shall kick-start the project.'We have briefed the Nigeria School Sports Federation but without the endorsement of the first lady, we cannot do anything. The schools are already waiting for the commencement of the championship.
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