Old S’West to launch Awolowo football

A regional under-19 football competition, in memory of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, will soon kick off among states that formed the old Western Region.

 In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday, organisers of the competition said the U-19 football event will draw young football players from Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, Osun and Ogun States in the bid to re-enact the spirit of unity among people in what used to be one political and cultural bloc. The Western region was created in 1953 by the colonial administrators. The Governor’s office in Ekiti State is the coordinating headquarters of the event.

According to the statement signed by the Special Adviser on Regional Integration in Lagos State, Rev Adetunji Adebiyi and the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs in Ekiti State, Mr Adewale Adeoye, the football competition named after the late statesman and first Premier of the region, will constructively engage the huge population of often idle youths.