Extra Joss Football Cup debuts

[MrVan]

By JACOB AJOM

World renowned pharmaceutical company, Kalbe have floated a new annual inter-Local Government football championship, the Extra Joss Football Cup.

Known for their long romance with sports, the company which is part of the Orange Drugs conglomerate had in the past sponsored the Brocold Table Tennis championship and the Bosco Football Tournament in Lagos.

Speaking at the media presentation Thursday, Director of Personnel, Orange Drugs, Ugochukwu Uchendu, said the Extra Joss football championship was an innovation aimed at discovering young talents who will develop to become stars for both  clubs, state and country.

"As responsible corporate entity, we are concerned over the dwindling fortunes in our sports and we believe in catching them young. By doing so, we believe Nigeria will be the better for it," he said.

A member of the Local Organising Committee, Uthman Okunu explained that the Extra Joss Cup will be competed among 32 clubs representing the various Local Governments and Local Development Area Councils.

"It will be a 32 team format of 8 groups and 4 teams per group. They will play a league format in the preliminaries," Okunu explained.

He informed that the draw will hold next week while the tournament kicks off on September 29th at the Legacy Pitch, National Stadium, Lagos.

Vanguard Nigeria

[KingFemzee]

Good...corporate social responsibility is the way to go.