Abuja Comes Alive For Under -13 boys

The finals of the 2013 NFA Under - 13 Football Championship will start on Friday in Abuja .

Organised on zonal basis, the Under - 13 National Championship is one of the cardinal developmental programmes of the Nigeria Football Association under the reign of Aminu Maigari.

Speaking in Abuja on Thursday, NFA’s Director of Competitions,  Mohammed Sanusi, acknowleged that the tournament has yielded ample dividends with a number of players in the Golden Eaglets squad that won a record fourth FIFA Under 17 World Cup for Nigeria last year coming through the ranks.

He said all arrangements had been made for the 13 teams from different geo-political zones that have made the final championship to have a good experience in Abuja.

The States qualified for the final championship are Niger, Plateau, Katsina, Kaduna, Lagos, Ogun, Anambra, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Bauchi, Gombe and the Federal Capital Territory.

All the delegations have been directed to report at the FIFA Technical Centre, Package B of National Stadium, Abuja where the matches will also take place.