Fashola To Honour Federation's Cup Final

Sports-loving Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State will be chief host of this year's Federation's Cup while the Honourable Minister/Chairman, National Sports Commission, Honourable Yusuf Suleiman will be special guest of honour.

Nigeria’s Football Ambassador Nwankwo Kanu, a number of ex-internationals and some outstanding names from past Federation Cup formerly FA Cup competitions, including the talismanic former goalkeeper Emmanuel Okala, have been invited to grace the occasion.

There will also be former NFF Presidents and General Secretaries, as well as Chairmen of State Football Associations of the 36 States of the Federation and the FCT

NFF’s Director of Competitions, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi confirmed that Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, chairman of the Osun State Football Association, a former NFF Executive Committee member and the immediate past chairman of NFF Technical Committee, will be Match Commissioner for the third place match between Ocean Boys and Bayelsa United. Ogunjobi is also a former Secretary General of the NFF.

For the final match, between Enyimba FC and Heartland, Chief Kunle Adesiyun will be the Match Commissioner.

The coordination meeting for both matches will take place at the Conference Room of the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Saturday by 4pm, with the four participating teams expected to storm Lagos by Friday.