"Tinubu/Kaura Support Group Organises Football Tournament To Celebrate 2-Years of Good Governance"

By Umar Faruk, Birnin Kebbi

The Tinubu/Kauran Gwandu support group has announced an exciting football competition to celebrate the two-year anniversary of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Nasir Idris in office. The tournament will feature four Emirates in Kebbi State, with the winner receiving a trophy and a car.

According to Engr. Abdullahi Umar Muslim, Chairman of the Committee and State Commissioner for Works, the tournament aims to strengthen unity among youths in the state. "We are here as organisers of the Tinubu/Kaura 2-year anniversary Football tournament to be competed for among the four Emirates in Kebbi," he said. "The youths feel desirous to do something to unite them in the entire state, and nothing like football offers such an opportunity."

The tournament will feature some attractive prizes, including a trophy and a car for the winning team, a new motorcycle and N500,000 for the runners-up, and N500,000 for the third position. Other prizes include N300,000 for the fourth position, N100,000 for the highest goal scorer, N100,000 for the best goalkeeper, and N100,000 for Man of the Match.

The Permanent Secretary and Secretary of the Committee, Muhammad Umar Tilli, disclosed that the match schedule will unfold on May 25, 2025, with Gwandu and Zuru Emirates trading tackles at the FIFA model Stadium, Goru, near Birnin Kebbi. "Argungu and Yauri will lace boots and face one another on the 26th at the same venue, the 3rd place match takes place the next day on the 27th, while the competition comes to a climax on the 28th," he said.

Tilli emphasized that the tournament is to celebrate good governance of Tinubu and Kauran Gwandu and not merely to win. "We shall provide free feeding and accommodation to participants, with a N500,000 reward to the most behaved supporters' group from any Emirate, donated by the Commissioner," he added.

The tournament promises to be an exciting event, bringing together youths from different Emirates in Kebbi State to celebrate the achievements of President Tinubu and Governor Idris.