Sports
President Federation Cup: FCT FA Chairman, Mouktar Congratulates Naija Ratels On Performance, Urges Team Not To Despair
Joel Ajayi
The Federal Capital Territory Football Association (FCTFA) Chairman, Alhaji Adam Mouktar Muhammed congratulates the Players, Coaches and Management of Abuja based Female Football Club, Naija Ratels on their gallant performance in the final against Rivers Angels during the 2024 President Federation Cup Final, held at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos.
In a statement signed on Sunday in Abuja by the Media Adviser Adviser to Chairman, Uche Nwudoh Hillary, the FCT FA Chairman, Adam Mouktar, congratulates the entire team for their display of team spirit, resilient and determination despite the slim score defeat by their opponent. He commends the team for going against all odds as debutants and even making it to the final.
Alhaji Mouktar urges the team to take the journey as positive and a work in progress for greater heights in the nearest future.
“I want to say congratulations to you all on your performance despite the defeat. Don’t be discouraged. You have all shown that great team can emerge from the FCT. We salute your gallantry. We are proud of you. We have our heads up high with your performance despite getting here for the first time”.
“You are our heroins. We would continue to support you and motivate you. Don’t take this as a downcast, it is a step up. It is a process for the greater tomorrow. Thirty Eighty teams participated in this competition. You are first runner up. You are finalists and Silver Medalists. You are going up. The future is here and brighter. The FCT FA is solidly behind you.
Adam Mouktar charges the girls and the coaching crew and management of the team to continue to discover and nurture great talents as they have always done.
Adam Mouktar also appreciates fans and journalists who traveled all the way to Lagos to cheer and support the team.
“We love football in the FCT. Don’t rest on your oars. You have Naija Ratels that have made us proud. It is no mean feat. To you our fans and our key partners the men of the press, you are all highly commended for your show of support and reportage on our great girls. You are part of the success. We would do more to bring the Cup to the Capital City”.
Naija Ratels lost in a slim lone goal in the final against Champions Rivers Angels.
The FCT FA Chairman congratulates the Nigeria Football Federation and sponsor on the success of the competition describing it as Federation Cup remade in beauty and glamour.
The final of the Female 2024 President Federation Cup was held at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos on June 29.
Newly promoted NPFL side, El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri defeated Abia Warriors by 2-0 goals to get the Cup and a Continental ticket in the men’s category.
Sports
A Triumphant Close to the 22nd National Sports Festival
…As organisers promise another spectacle at closing ceremony on Thursday
Joel Ajayi
After 11 days of a true showcase of sporting competition in multiple Sports by some of the country’s top and even promising athletes, the curtain will finally be drawn on what many have described as one of the best ever organised National Sports festivals, when the closing ceremony is held on Thursday at the MKO Sports Arena in Abeokuta.
Whilst the quality of the Games’ opening ceremony is still getting tongues wagging, the entire sporting family and beyond is now anxiously looking forward to what the closing ceremony will look like.
The last 11 days have showcased Ogun state as a true Sporting hub with potential to even do more, with the quality of the facilities built for the games and the enthusiasm of the people who made the various venues their second home in the last few days.
A big testament to this was the history-making crowd that attended the male football final between Ogun state and Kwara State, which the host won by 4-1.
The MKO stadium was filled to full capacity while the crowd outside watching from the big screen reminds one of how much Sports is truly the soul of our togetherness as a country.
From the Alake Sports centre in Ijeja and the Baptist boys high school, to the Obafemi Awolowo square and the Remo stadium both in Ikenne, to the NYSC orientation camp in Shagamu, and the Ilisan town hall in Ilisan, the festival never lacked spectatorship throughout the games.
The Games actually lived up to the pre-tournament hype as both the National Sports Commission, NSC and the Ogun state Government pulled out every administrative capacity to ensure both athletes, officials and the media have an unforgettable experience.
The Gateway Games 2024 had been full of exciting drama and intrigues amongst the states and athletes which led to different new records being set and some old records being shattered.
The festival has also produced for the country some new exciting young talents especially with the shocking performance of the 38th state, the Invited Junior Athletes ( IJA), where they ended up winning some surprised medals to justify the Commission’s establishment of the initiative.
As the Closing ceremony holds on Thursday, the leadership of the National Sports commission, NSC, expresses its profound gratitude to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Ogun State Government for making sure millions of Nigerian youths see a renewed brighter future in the country through the National Sports Festival.
The NSC Chairman Mallam Shehu Dilko said ” our overwhelming gratitude goes to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,GCFR, for his personal commitment to the development of Nigerian Sports by giving us every support financially and otherwise for the success of this festival”.
” And the Ogun state Governor, Dapo Abiodun also deserves a huge praise for the feat we all recorded with these games. I can’t thank him enough and posterity will surely remember him for good “.
The NSC Director General who is also the Chairman of the Main organising committee of the games, Hon Bukola Olopade also extended his gratitude to all the technocrats behind the scene that are responsible for the successful organisation of the games.
” From all the members of the Main organising committee to the various sub committees, to members of the local organising committees and all our technical officials in the various sports to the media and our athletes, every success that everyone is talking about concerning these Games belongs to you all”.
” Yes it was not a perfect festival because we acknowledged we had also some challenges but let me assure everyone that some of the challenges are already being worked upon ahead of the next Games holding in Enugu state next year”, he concluded.
The Closing ceremony is expected to bring together top Government functionaries to captain of industries while there will also be the rich cultural display of the state as Ogun state will officially pass the barton of hosting to Enugu state for the 23rd edition of the Games come September 2026.
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