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As part of activities marking its second anniversary in Nigeria, GOtv - the digital terrestrial PayTV provider has unfolded plans to host a grassroots football tourney - ‘Hood to Hood Football Championship’ in Lagos between Saturday October 26 and Saturday November 9 2013.
Speaking at a press conference to unveil the tournament, the General Manager, GOtv Nigeria, Mrs Elizabeth Amkpa, disclosed that the ‘Hood to Hood’ football championship is aimed at developing football at the grassroots by engaging the youth positively and redirecting their energy towards sports.
She stressed further that the GOtv ‘Hood to Hood’ football championship is one of the ways through which the pay-TV operator is contributing to the society in which it operates.
Mrs Amkpa noted that football is not only a global phenomenon but also the sport of choice for Nigerians which has over the years become a unifying factor with great entertainment value which is in sync with the GOtv brand promise to deliver family entertainment to Africa.
“Among our programme genres is Sports, offering three channels – SuperSport Select, SuperSport Select 2 and SuperSport Blitz, and games from this tournament will broadcast via these channels,” she said.
She then announced that the winning team of the tournament will go home with a cash prize of N300, 000.00 and a gold trophy, the second placed team will N150, 000.00 and a silver trophy, the third placed team will get N100, 000.00 while the fourth placed team will go home with a consolatory N50,000 onl
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