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The Technical Director of the annual Channels International Kids Cup, Austin Okon-Akpan, says the competition has provided a platform for sports tourism development and national integration among children.
“The competition has provided sort of tourism and one of the objectives of the Channels International Kids Cup is to provide national integration,’’ Okon Akpan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.
NAN reports that the competition, now in Season 10, began on May 21 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, and has children from Republic of Benin, Ghana and from across the country.
The Channels International Kids Cup is organised by Channels Television, Nigeria also has the objective of promoting grassroots football development.
The competition which became international this year, has 16 teams slugging it out for honours.
“At the time of its conception, we thought it out that we will have the kids from different parts of…
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