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Frank Ilaboya

2016 Edo FA Cup to be biggest in history – Ilaboya boasts; stakes N.5m for winners

Frank Ilaboya
Frank Ilaboya
AGENE GODWIN, Benin
Edo State Football Association (FA) chairman, Frank Ilaboya, has stated that the 2016 State FA Cup would be the biggest ever organised in the history of the sport in the state.
Ilaboya said this during the opening of the recently-concluded two-day coaching seminar organised by the state FA in Benin, Thursday.
Ilaboya said the 2016 FA cup would be the biggest not only in terms of organisation, but the prize money available for grabs by participating teams.
He said the prize money for the best team have been increased by over 400 per cent, from N50, 000 to N500, 000.
The Edo FA boss also said the first and second runners-up would smile home with N300, 000 and N200, 000 respectively.
“Apart from the prize money, all the participating teams would go home with at least a gift. This is a far departure from what we used to have and the interest is to revive the game of football in the state.
“We are poised to achieving this in spite of the seeming financial challenges in the country and our special focus is the development of the game at the grass root levels.
“It is part of this reason that this seminar was put together in order to expose out coaches to new trend in the game because, a coach is only good as his last match,” he stated.
The state commissioner for Sports, Presley Ediagbonye, while declaring the seminar opened, noted that history of the game of football in the country would not be complete without the mentioning Edo.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary in the sports ministry, Adesuwa Omoruyi, he said football coaches must at all time avail themselves of new ideas in the sport to be able to perform optimally.
Among the resource persons available was the Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amodu Shaibu and former handler of the Super Eagles, Alabi Aisien.

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