NTA to Broadcast Aisha Buhari Cup Draw Live
Nigeria’s National Broadcaster, the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) will broadcast live, today’s Draw Ceremony of the Dr. Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Football Tournament (Aisha Buhari Cup), the Local Organizing Committee announced on Tuesday evening.
Marketing Consultant for the tournament, Mr Taye Ige, who is also President of HotSports Media Group, flew into the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday to seal the deal, following a meeting with the Director-General of the station, Alhaji Yakubu Ibn Mohammed.
Chairman of the LOC, Barr. Seyi Akinwunmi, said: “This is an interesting development. We are excited by this and it will surely complement the efforts we have put up to ensure a first-grade ceremony on Wednesday.”
The ceremony, billed to commence at noon at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos will see the six teams in the tournament drawn into two groups of three teams each, with nine-time African champions Nigeria heading Group A, and Africa’s number two-ranked team, Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon, heading Group B.
A press conference on the eight-day tournament, to be hosted by the City of Lagos, will hold at 10am this morning.
