May 17, (THEWILL) – The stage is set for the much-anticipated kick-off of Season 6 of the Bayelsa State Governor’s Football Tournament tagged the Prosperity Cup on Friday, at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa.
Over 200 communities and clubs have registered for Season 6 of the spectacle which is expected to surpass the heights attained in previous editions, with defending Champions, Krusaders Feeders FC, locking horns with Police Machine FC in a much-anticipated explosive opening match.
The ceremony has the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, as the Special Guest of Honour and his Deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, as Guest of Honour.
Ahead of the commencement of the showpiece, some notable organisations within and outside the state have shown support for the tournament by expressing their corporate social responsibility in a laudable manner to support the empowerment of Bayelsa youths through grassroots football.
The Director General of the tournament, Mr. Ono Akpe, in a statement on behalf of the Central Organising Committee (COC), appreciated the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Dan Etete, as well as companies and institutions such as Amadeus University Amizi, Ikwuano Umuahia in Abia State, RedTech Limited, a subsidiary of Heirs Holdings, Grooming Centre, Ayalla Waters, Hamilton Garden, Phone Headquarters, Aqualina Water, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Premium Trust Bank, Century Group, and Linkage Assurance.
Billed to grace the opening ceremony are former internationals such as the mercurial Jossy Dombraye, an African Games gold medalist; former Sharks Captain, Elder Baras Orugbani; the enterprising former Green Eagles star, Tarila Okorowanta, who is back home sharing his worthy experience and skills with youngsters as Bayelsa United Team Manager; James Tombiri, aka Barb Wire; former Stores, Iwuanyanwu Nationale and Eagles player, Bekeowei Aranka; as well as one time Flying Eagles star, Coach Deipreye Teibowei, alias Computer, among others.
Amos Okioma is a Correspondent at THEWILL
