FCT FA Board Set To Revamp League To Attract Sponsors

FCT FA Board Set To Revamp League To Attract Sponsors

By Niyi Busari

Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Football Association has started plans to revamp and renew the state men's and women's leagues so as to attract many sponsors, BSNSports.com.ng can report.

The Chairman of the Association, Abah Mouktar Mohammed disclosed the plans on Wednesday while addressing journalists at the secretariat in Abuja. Moutar said that the affiliation and league registration fees which is eighty thousand (N80,000) each will be reduced to encourage more clubs to participate in the state's league.

Speaking further after their second Board meeting, Abah revealed that the Association will soon start discovering more talents in women football by encouraging Area Councils to run their women leagues across the nation's capital where talented budding will be given a platform to showcase them to the world.

According to him, his era as chairman will bring a soothing relief to academies as registration fees is also reduced to Thirty thousand (N30,000) from Fifty thousand.

He added that the association has set up a committee to look into how stadiums in all six Area councils can be developed to encourage youth come to stadium to showcase their talents.

"In our second Board meeting after inauguration will looked at how we can revamp and renew the FCT men and women league. We have also set up a committee who will determine how much the club's registration and affiliation fees will be because there is need to reduce the price from N80,000, Mouktar told journalists.

"To attract more participants in the women league and also to discover talents, there are plans to allow each Area Council run its own women league where discovered talent will be brought together.

"We have also agreed on reducing registration of academies from fifty thousand to thirty thousand naira.

He canceled by saying that the Board is determined to do all it needs to make FA and the league look so attractive to sponsors.