Not fewer than 800 kids would take part in the forthcoming U-13 Tsemba Wummen Youth (TWY) football competition scheduled to kick off in Jos of Plateau state on Saturday.
This was disclosed by the competition’s organizers at a press conference held at Mee’s Palace in Jos on Monday.
Daily Trust reports that the competition sponsored by Mee’s Palace & Amusement Park would kick off on Saturday with five matches at Rwang Pam Stadium.
Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the competition, Yerima Sapwada said that 20 teams with kids totaling 800 would participate in the competition that would run for at least six months.
Mr Sapwada explained that the competition would be played in a league form with each team playing home and away matches.
“The matches to be played would be home and away. Matches would be played at 10 different centres simultaneously every week.
“It is going to be a yearly competition and it was designed to make it easy for the scouts to see raw talent at the grassroots,” he said.
In her remarks, Chairperson, Board of Mee’s Palace Football Academy, Jos, Mrs Kyenpiya Nyabam said that the competition would bring the kids together and foster unity amongst them.
She said, “This competition would bring the kids together and foster unity most especially that we are bringing the children that were coming from different background and religion under one umbrella, this shows the world that peace is happening in Plateau state.”
