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EVANGELISM THROUGH FOOTBALL: LAGOS AGOG FOR OLUKOYA CUP

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Youths of Yaba community in Lagos State of Nigeria will be treated to the best of football on Saturday, 12th December as the final of the first edition of Dr D K Olukoya Youth Football Competition takes place at Evans Square.

The grassroots competition is sponsored by the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Dr Daniel Olukoya. The ministry runs a football team that competes in Nigeria’s elite league.

In the Saturday event, there will be two finals; the U-20 and U-15. Tagged Dr D K Olukoya Dominion Cup, the competition resumed a few days ago after it was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent ban on contact sports by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The ban has since been lifted.

At stake in the U-20 final will be N1million for the winners, while the runners up and second runners up will get 750,000 and N500, 000 respectively.

The U-15 has N750,000 for the winners, N500,000 for second place and N300,000 for third place.

Aside from monetary incentives, teams will also go home with giant trophies and medals.

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Recall that Dr Olukoya is the sole financier of MFM Football Club and MFM Women Basketball Club, who play in the Nigeria premier leagues and have represented Nigeria on the continent.

Expected at the event which starts by 3pm are Nigeria Football Federation chieftains, ex-Super Eagles players, and football agents.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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