Jagaban Cup 2024: Five exciting takeaways

By Akeem Busari

This is this second edition of the prestigious Jagaban Cup, which according to the organisers, is ostensibly aimed at giving quality opportunities to the hundreds of hapless, but equally talented young footballers to display their innate talents and of course, get the chances to achieve their goals.

The Jagaban Cup, equally provides the much-sought football business opportunities to club owners, football investors and several other stakeholders. It is definitely, not  your run-of-the-mill football tournament. It is refreshingly different.

1. Organisation:

The organisers of the 2024 edition of the annual Jagaban Cup, have truly upped the ante, by providing a professionally organised football tournament and what with the media blitz and minute-by-minute live updates of the matches.

2. Facility:

 The organisers of the tournament understands the importance of playing football on top quality facilities. Like they did at the first edition, the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, playing matches on the turf and in the presence of top rated local and foreign scouts and managers, has definitely allowed the young lads to put up impressive displays.

3. Discipline:

The organisers brought several innovations to the tournament. Including, strict adherence to matches schedule, teams dressing and comportment in line with best global football standards.

4. Standards:

Expectedly, the quality and standards of the matches played in this year’s edition of Jagaban Cup, are nothing short of exciting, thrilling and a true testaments to the agelong Nigerian culture of producing prodigiously gifted footballers.

5. Purpose:

Essentially aimed at not only improving the ever-growing talents pool in the country, the Chief Organiser of this tournament, is renowned for organising several impactful grassroots football tournaments across Nigeria. And it’s not for nothing. What with the discoveries and exposures of over 50 talented young footballers, now plying their trades across the world.

Participating clubs in this, and other tournaments spearheaded by the head honcho of 36 Lion Investment Limited, Hajji Gafar Liameed, can’t wait enough to start enjoying from their investments in the game. And like the empowerment and socio-economic reegineering policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, investors in the Jagaban Cup, shall hit the bull’s eye.