The MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, will host the 2024 President Federation Cup final between Abia Warriors and Kano Pillars on June 29, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said.
According to the NFF, the federation and its strategic partners, GTI, agreed on the date to meet the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) June 30 deadline for submission of representatives for the 2024/25 Confederation Cup.
The winner of the President Federation Cup and the third-placed team in the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) will represent the country in the CAF Confederation Cup.
Speaking on the final, yesterday, NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, said: “Having looked closely at our programmes, the stage the men and women competitions are at the moment and the need to submit the names of all our representative clubs to CAF for African club competitions next season, the NFF and GTI have reached a consensus for the grand finale of the men and women finals of the President Federation Cup to hold on June 29.
“The venue is the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. The women’s final will begin at 1.00 p.m., while the men’s final will commence at 4.00 p.m., as has been the tradition for so many years now. NFF and GTI are committed to putting up a great show of this year’s grand finale.”
The quarterfinals of the women’s competition will hold today in Benin City, Asaba and Enugu, while the semifinals of the men’s competition will hold tomorrow in Abuja and Lafia.
In the women’s quarterfinals, Nasarawa Amazons will go up against Remo Stars Ladies at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, which will also host the clash between Delta Queens and Sunshine Queens.
FC Robo Queens of Lagos and Naija Ratels of Abuja will clash in another tantalising match-up in Asaba, while the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu is venue for the clash between Osun Babes and Rivers Angels.
Inspired Abia Warriors will go all out for glory when they take on traditional powerhouse team and former winners, Kano Pillars in one of the semifinal matches of themen’s President Federation Cup at the Lafia City Stadium tomorrow.
The Abia giants struggled for several weeks in the relegation waters, but finally secured their Premiership status when they defeated Akwa United 2-0 in a Matchday 37 game on Sunday. They will approach the match in Lafia with very high impetus.
In the other semifinal, El-Kanemi Warriors are also highly inspired after securing promotion to the NPFL following the conclusion of the NNL Super Eight Tournament. The team has been promoted alongside Nasarawa United, Beyond Limits and Ikorodu City.
Their opponents are Kebbi United, who fear no foe, and have reached this stage by defeating higher-rated ABS FC of Ilorin, NPFL side Akwa United and EFCC FC of Abuja. It promises an interesting evening at the NFF/FIFA Goal Project tomorrow.
