All is set as twenty two teams are ready to take part in the first ‘Ife Igbo’ peace football competition in Awka, the Anambra capital.
ANN gathered that the opening game will kickoff on Saturday at the Awka Township Stadium while the group games will take place at Ayom na Okpala and All Saints Anglican Church football fields.
Mr Osita Onuko, sponsor of the competition said the football fiesta was meant to foster unity and engender peace among Awka villages.
Onuko who is the Managing Director of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) said the competition would give the players the platform to exhibit their talents and keep youths busy till the end of the year.
According to Onuko, the Ife Igbo Awka Peace football competition is part of the campaign against the menace of cultism which had become a worrisome social vice in the town.
Winners of the competition would go home with N1 million, N500,000 and N300,000 for their efforts.
The teams that would participate in the competition include, ACTDA, Umudioka, Umueri, Umuanaga, Umuogwali, Umuenechi, Umuokpu, Umubelle, Nkwelle, Umuogbu, Umuayom and Umuogbunu.
Others are, Umuzocha, Ifite-awka, Amachalla, Umuoramma, Umukwa, Amudo, Amikwo, Omuko, Umuike and Umunnamoke
