The annual tournament sponsored by former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi has 10 selected exceptional players handed scholarship award worth N10 million apiece into FOSLA Academy, with five each from Kogi and Abuja zones.
This year’s edition of the annual FOSLA Academy age grade football championship attracted no fewer than 100 young school players from across the eastern district of the state.
Hosts Idah and Omala reached the finals after scaling through the earlier stages of the championship played at Kogi State University (KSU) stadium, Anyingba.
Idah advanced after they secured a 4-1 and 3-1 victories over Bassa and Dekina in the quarter and semi-final respectively in the nine-team knockout competition.
Second finalists, Omala defeated Olamaboro 3-0 in the quarter-final before they edged out defending champions Ofu with a hard fought 3-2 victory.