The President of the Nigeria football federation Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has approved the maiden edition of soccer tournament tagged NFF President Pre Season cup to be played in Kano.
The President gave the approval at a meeting with local organizing committee members of the competition when he paid an official visit to Kano state during the weekend.
Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau expressed delight with efforts by the organizers and urged them to be God fearing while handling the participating teams.
He said he is ready to assist any move that would move the round leather game forward in any part of the country.
Earlier, the Chairman local organizing committee of the tournament, Alhaji Aba Huraira said they decided to organize the competition to rejoice with NFF President over his victory in the recent NFF election held in Benin city, Edo State.
Alhaji Aba Huraira said twelve teams are expected to participate in the competition with eight teams from the Nigeria professional football league.
He said the competition would be completed before the kick off of 2022/2023 NPFL Season and the matches would be played at Sani Abacha and Kano Pillars Stadium Sabon Gari Kano.
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