Some of the coaches whose teams took part at the just concluded Iyk Madu Obi Ramadan Cup have commended the cup donor and Mr Fruit Food & Beverages Nigeria Limited for their support throughout the tournament.
The annual Ramadan Cup was being sponsored by Chief Iyk Madu Obi and supported by Mr Fruit Food & Beverages
The tourney which was won by Future Hero Football Club had lived up to expectations as coaches, fans and other football stakeholders commended the organisers for the success of the tournament.
In the final played at the Igando palace playground recently, Future Hero defeated Igando FC 4-2 on penalties after barren draw at the regulation time.
Chief Coach of Eleven Wonders FC,Olatunji Sunday Daniel described the tourney a huge success and commended cup donor for his financial support and Mr Fruit Food & Beverages for its products given the participants throughout the tourney.
“It was a successful competition and we should appreciate the Cup donor, Chief Iyk Madu Obi for his financial support and secondly Mr Fruit has done well and i commend them for sharing its products to all the fans,”he said.
Future Hero coach, Saliu Yusuf expressed delight that this year’s edition recorded a huge success and thanked the organisers for the job well done.
“Let me use this medium to thank Mr Fruit because the organisers were able to distribute their products to all the spectators who come for a match.This is a good development and add glamour to the competition,”he said.
Match cordinator, Prince Sulaiman Gbadamosi saluted the effort of cup donor dor his financial commitment to the tournament and called in other football philanthropists in Alimosho to channel their resources to grassroots football development.
He however frowned with the lackadaisical attitude of government officials at the local government level towards football development.
“As an organisers,i am not happy the way our government officials handle football development especially in the local council in the state.We football organisers need their support in our programmes unfortunately they turned their back to us.We are urging them to assist us and show interest in football development,”he said.
Meanwhile, some fans who spoke to our correspondent said Ramadan Cup was well organised and commended the cup donor for his financial commitment to the tournament.