Chairman of the Governor Uba Sani Unity cup, Tijani Babangida, has appointed former Nigerian International, Dahiru Sadi, current head coach of the Nations U-17 team,Ahmed Lawal as members of the technical committee for the event which is billed to commence November 17, 2023.
Other members of the think tank committee, include Golden Eaglets coach Nduka Ugbade, a man popularly known as Morinho, Ahmadu lawal Ofoje. He is also with the football collage, Abuja.
The other person in the group is current U-15 chief coach, Patrick Bassey.
The rest are Gidi Mohammed, a former Ranchers bees captain who is also a state coach with sport council in Kaduna state, Al Amin, a talented youth coach, also with Kaduna state sports council, and Hassan Abdallah, former coach with Heartland FC of Owerri, who also worked with coach Samson Siasia as a national scout for the Nations U-23 team.
According to Babangida who himself was a former Nigerian international, the technical team is expected to move round the venues with a view to identifing very talented players that would be selected to form the new football club for the state.
Meanwhile, the draws for the tournament was held on Tuesday in the city of Kaduna, and the 23 local government areas were divided into four centers.
GROUPINGS
ZONE 1 – KUDAN CENTRE
GROUP A
- ZARIA
- SOBA
- KUDAN
- IKARA
ZONE 1 – KUDAN CENTRE
GROUP B
- S/GARI
- LERE
- MAKARFI
- KUBAU
ZONE 2 – KADUNA CENTRE
GROUP A
- K/NORTH
- CHIKUN
- B/GWARI
- IGABI
ZONE 2 – KADUNA CENTRE
GROUP B
- KAJURU
- GIWA
- K/SOUTH
ZONE 3 – KAFANCHAN CENTRE
GROUP A
A. KACHIA
B. KAGARKO
C. JABA
D. Z/KATAF
ZONE 3 – KAFANCHAN CENTRE
GROUP B
- JAMA’A
- KAURU
- KAURA
- SANGA
