The Super Lions Football Club of Onzo defeated Girinya Fc by a lone goal to win the White Lions Football match competition.
The final football match was held at Gegu-Beki mini stadium on Sunday, between the two sides.
Speaking while presenting the trophy to the Super Lions of Onzo Fc the state commissioner for Solid Minerals, Eng Abubakar Bashir Gegu, said he decided to organize the football competition and tagged it ‘White Lions Cup’ because the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, was a victorious, energetic, youthful, resourceful governor of the state.
He added that one of the cardinal principles of organizing the football competition was aimed at bringing youths together across the nook and crannies of the entire local government to participate in the competition.
According to him, bringing the youth together to participate in the football competition will keep the youth busy and divert their attention from engaging in any form of social vices in the area.
‘And I observed that the best way to engage our youth is through organizing this kind of football competition, which will help in addressing social vices in our society,” he said.
Also speaking, the chairman of Kogi Local government Council, Isah Abdulkarim, represented by his Chief of staff, Yakubu Gimba, commended the commissioner for organizing the football competition.
He also congratulated the Super Lions of Onzo for wining the trophy, while urging the Girinya United to train harder so that they win the trophy next time.
“Although, in any competition, there is always a winner and loser, which I want to urge the Girinya United to train harder so that they can win the trophy next time,” he said.
Blueprint sport can report that medals and various prizes including cash were given to best footballer, best coach, best goalkeeper and the most valuable player in the competition.
