LIRWANU I MALIKAWA GARU
NASARAWA STATE GOVERNOR, ENG ABDULLAHI SULE AND HIS PLATEAU STATE COUNTERPART , CALEB METUANG WOULD CONSTITUTE PART OF THE DIGNITARIES THAT WOULD WITNESS THE GRAND FINALE OF THE 2025 EDITION OF THE ANNUAL GUSAU/AHLAN PRE SEASON FOOTBALL COMPETITON,THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION, NFF , ALHAJI IBRAHIM MUSA GUSAU MON, EXECUITVE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION AND OVER TWENTY TWO STATE FA CHAIRMEN ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE FINAL. THIS YEAR’S FINAL OF THE GUSAU/AHLAN SOCCER PRE SEASON TOURNAMENT WHICH WAS STAGED TODAY FRIDAY 15/8/2025 IN LAFIA THE CAPITAL CITY OF NASARAWA STATE.
THE FINAL MATCH WILL BE BETWEEN KANO PILLARS AND PLATEAU UNITED FOOTBALL CLUBS SLATED FOR 3PM . ACCORDING TO THE CO ORDINATOR OF THE TOURNAMENT ABAHURAIRA DAHIRU WHO SAID ALL ARE SET FOR THE FINAL .
THE TROPHIES, MEDALS AND OTHER AWARDS WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES THAT CONTRIBUTED IN VARIOUS WAYS TO THE SUCCESS OF THE TOURNAMENT.
ABAHURAIRA DAHIRU FURTHER NOTED THAT CURRENTLY LAFIA THE CAPITAL CITY OF NASARAWA IS RECEIVING FOOTBALL FAMILY MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHO HAVE ARRIVED THE CITY TO GRACE THE GRAND FINALE OF THE TOURNAMENT.
HE DISCLOSED THAT NFF EXCUITVE MEMBERS WHICH INCLUDES ALHAJI RABI’U SHARIF INUWA AND ALHAJI BABAGANA KALLI, NLO CHAIRMAN MR. SILAS AGARA,FA CHAIRMEN OF JIGAWA, KADUNA, PLATEAU, KEBBI, GOMBE, LAGOS, KWARA, YOBE, ABIA, AKWA IBOM, BAYELSA ADAMAWA STATES AND PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIA REFEREES ASSOCIATION ALHAJI SANI ZUBAIRU AS WELL AS OTHER FOOTBALL ADMINISTRATORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE BILLED FOR LAFIA FOR THIS HISTORIC EVENT .
ABAHURAIRA SAID THIS YEAR’S EDITION IS UNIQUE BECAUSE ALL THE SIXTEEN TEAMS THAT PARTICIPATED EXPRESSED THEIR APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE ON THE WAY THE ORGANIZERS CONDUCTED THE FOOTBALL FIESTA AND WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW CASE THEIR TALENT AND WERE ABLE TO ASSESS THEIR SQUAD AHEAD OF THE FORTHCOMING 2025/2026 FOOTBALL SEASON.
HE EXCEPTIONALLY COMMENDED NASARAWA STATE GOVERNOR ENGINEER ABDULLAHI SULE FOR HIS FINANCIAL AND MORALLY SUPPORT TOWARDS MAKING THE TOURNAMENT A HITCH FREE COMPETITION. HE THEN URGED THE PLAYERS, TECHNICAL CREW AND SUPPORTERS OF THE FINALISTS KANO PILLARS AND PLATEAU UNITED FOOTBALL CLUBS TO BE LAW ABIDING AND TO DISPLAY HIGH SENS OF MATURITY AND REMAIN CALM BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE FINAL GAME.
ABAHURAIRA DAHIRU THANKED ALL THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS, MEDIA, SECURITY, REFEREES, NASARAWA STATE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION,GOVERNMENT AND GOOD PEOPLE OF NASARAWA STATE THEIR SUPPORT AND CO OPERATIONS TOWARD THE SUCCESS OF THE TOURNAMENT.
