State Governor, Gusau To Honour Benue State Governor's Cup

State Governor, Gusau To Honour Benue State Governor's Cup

By Niyi Busari

Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia and the Nigeria Football Federation president, Ibrahim Gusau will honour the State Governor's Cup, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

While the state governor will declare the competition opened, the NFF President will be there in the closing ceremony and hand trophy to the winners if the competition.

All 23 Local Government Area Councils have registered for the competition which commences on 16th November, 2024 with two matches. The Benue State FA has confirmed that it will be held in different four venues with Twenty million naira as prize money.

According to the Chairman Benue State FA, Barrister Paul Edeh, the prize money (#20 million) will shared into two. The winners of the women's category will get Ten million (#10m) while the champions of the men's category also get Ten million naira (#10m). He added that any player who has participated in any category of leagues will not be eligible to partake in the tournament. This, according to him is to achieve the aim and objective of the program which is to discover budding talents.