President of the Nigerian School Sports Federation, Mrs. Olabisi Joseph has promised that the body would put expertise in place to have a successful Principal Cup as lovers of Nigerian football have been given the opportunity to relive the ‘old days,’ as the National Principals Cup, which produced such stars as Henry Nwosu, Benjamin Okorogu, Chibuzor Ehilegbu, and Stephen Keshi, among others, is set to return.
This time around, the rebranded competition which involves secondary schools will include athletics, Table Tennis, Boxing, and Badminton following the sports ministry intervention with HideaPlus Limited as consultants.
Three ex-internationals, Daniel Amokachi, Joseph Dosu, and Mary Onyali, will be the ambassadors for the competition as announced as the trio were products of the school sports with Amokachi winning the competition in 1988 after getting to the knockout stages a year earlier with his school, Government College, Kaduna.
Apart from the unveiling of the brand ambassadors for the Cup, the official logo and the winners’ giant trophy were also unveiled at the event witnessed by Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Gabriel Aduda, officials of HideaPlus Limited, and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, among others.
The principle cup games aim to discover and develop talents at the grassroots while also exposing them to more competitions and standard facilities.
