Zenith Bank /Delta Principals’ Cup to Kick off October 19

Organisers of the annual Zenith Bank/Delta Principals Cup have released the timeline for the developmental football competition.

The grassroots football tournament is organised for all secondary schools in Delta State with Hideaplus as the organisers of the event sponsored by Zenith Bank Plc in conjunction with the Delta State Government.

Friday October 13 has been set as date for the commencement of the online registration by all schools in the various Local Government Areas of the state.

The Commissioner for Basic Secondary Schools in Delta State, Mrs Rose Esewu, is expected to address the press on the state of readiness for the tournament.

The Executive Governor of Delta State, Rt Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, is expected to be in attendance at the official kick of the tournament at the St. Patrick’s College in Asaba.

Preliminaries of the tournament are to take place between October 20 and November 10 while zonal eliminations will hold  between November 20th and 22nd.

Quarterfinal and semis of the event are billed for November 24th and 27th respectively while theThird Place and final match for this edition will hold on November 30th at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba. 

Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, said it was always a delight staging developmental events.

“We love to develop talents and so getting the young ones busy to exhibit their potentials is always our motive. We always try to catch them young and groom talents for Nigeria in various sports especially football and basketball.

 “Putting smiles in the faces of young ones give us joy at Zenith Bank and so this competition is important to us,” Onyeagwu concluded.