25th June, 2015
Golden Penny Food Nations Cup will kick off Saturday at Government College playground, Osborne, Ikoyi, Lagos.
A total of 16 teams are expected to take part in the competition sponsored by Golden Penny Food.
In the fixtures released by the organisers, Group A consists of Ghana, Gabon, Zimbabwe and Uganda.
In Group B are Zambia, Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria, while Group C is made up of Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Senegal and South Africa.
Group D comprises Angola, Morocco, Tunisia and Guinea.
The opening match will be played between Ghana and Gabon, while Zambia face Kenya, Ivory Coast take on Cameroon before Angola clash with Morocco in the last match of the day.
Chairman, Organising Committee, Cosmos Ubani told P.M.NEWS Sports that the tournament is put together to keep clubs within Obalende-Ikoyi Local Council Development Area, LCDA busy.
“Apart from keeping our clubs busy, we also want to select good players that we will like to recommend to professional clubs in Nigeria and possibly send them for trials abroad. The competition will be keenly contested because all the participating teams have prepared very well ahead of this competition,” he said.
A representative of Golden Penny Nigeria Plc, Osimetta Seidu Muhammed said the company is associating with the organisers because of it is committed to sports development in Lagos State.
He charged the participating teams to abide by the rules and regulations of the tournament.
He disclosed that Golden Penny will reward outstanding players and give prize money and trophy to the winners.