Joel Ajayi
The grand finale of this year’s President Federation Cup men and women competitions will take place at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday, June 29.
NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said that the date has been agreed by both the NFF and GTI in view of the fact that Nigeria have until midnight of Sunday, June 30 to submit to the Confederation of African Football, the names of her representative clubs in next season’s continental club competitions.
“Having looked closely at our programmes, the stage the men and women competitions are at the moment and the need to submit the names of all our representative clubs to CAF for African Club Competitions next season, ourselves and GTI have reached a consensus for the grand finale of the men and women finals of the President Federation Cup to take place on Saturday, June 29.
“The venue is the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. The women’s final will begin at 1: pm while the men’s final will commence at 4:pm, as has been the tradition for so many years now. NFF and GTI are committed to putting up a great show of this year’s grand finale”.
Meanwhile, the quarter-finals of the women’s competition will take place on Wednesday, June 19, with Benin City, Asaba and Enugu as host centres.
The semi finals of the men’s competition will take place on Thursday, June, 20 with Abuja and Lafia as host centres.
