A non-governmental organisation, Acceletrade Media is set to host a football tournament tagged “The Oyo State Youth Championship” in July, 2023.
The convener of the competition, Femi Ola-Abraham, in a statement sent to OYO NEWS said the competition will host eligible football teams in the state.
According to Mr. Ola-Abraham, “the competition will host eligible football teams in Oyo State as soon as they duly register for the tournament”.
“The registration is free; interested teams can register with Oyo State Association of Coaches for verification, approval and scrutiny.
“Yes, by His Grace, the competition will start from 15th of July till first week of August.
“The winning football team will take home a cash prize of #5m (#5,000,000), second position will take home #2m (#2,000,000), third position will take home #1m (#1,000,000). While the footballer who gets the golden boot will get a full-paid trip to Spain or France.
“The quarter final of the football competition is scheduled to take place at Oyo town, Ogbomoso and Iseyin. The final match will be played at Adamasingba Stadium (also called Lekan Salami stadium) in Ibadan,” he said.
Ola-Abraham is assisted by the duo of Adeseye Vincent and Oyedepo Olufemi, who are directors of programme.