By Our Reporter
FORMER Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Mohammed Sani Saleh has donated a Volkswagen Sharon bus and a cash sum of One
Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N1,500,000) as winning prizes for the
maiden edition of Peace and Unity Cup, tagged 'General Catch Them Young', Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
The grass-root tourney will be hosted in Kaduna town
which is regarded as one of the nation's hub of football.
Senator Saleh, who represented Kaduna Central in the Red
Chamber, said: "It is my little way of promoting grass-root football and
engage the youths, to shun any form of social vices."
The former two star Army General also informed that:
"Ten (10) grass-root coaches will be sponsored on a coaching course at the
prestigious National Institute for Sports (NIS)."
The gesture, he noted will improve the technical
abilities of the coaches and also improve their livelihood. As they can move to
the next level by applying for coaching positions with top league clubs.
The team who emerged as champion of the tourney will go
home with space bus.
Second place team will go home with a whooping One
Million Naira (N1,000,000) while the 3rd placed team gets a sum of Five Hundred
Thousand Naira (N500,000).
The tournament is expected to kickoff on Friday September
1, 2017.
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