Winners at the maiden Godswill Akpabio U-17 boys and girls competition at the Uyo Township Stadium on Tuesday were all smiles as the deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Engr. Patrick Ekpotu, who stood in for Governor Godswill Akpabio, announced mouth watering cash gifts for them.
He doled out the sum of N1.5 million each to Akwa Ibom State boys and girls teams, the winners in both categories and rewarded the runners up, Kano male team and Oyo female team with N1million each.
Reacting to the cash rewards, the organizers of the nine-day football extravaganza, YSFON, praised the efforts of Governor Akpabio at keeping the youths busy with this kind of tournament and asked him not to rest on his oars until grassroots football development was enshrined in the programmes of every state in the federation.
The highpoint of the occasion was the presentation of awards to deserving indigenes of the state, who had contributed to the development of sports in general and football in particular.
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