Soccer Fest: Abia Govt promises fairness, bans LGA teams from playing at home soils

Abia State authorities has conducted the fixtures for the State Finals of Abia Soccer Fest tournament, with an announcement that nary squad from the LGAs would play their matches connected their ain location soil, for the intent of maintaining fairness.

While unveiling the fixtures connected Wednesday successful Umuahia, Abia State authorities said that the thought was to beforehand fairness and to debar “home advantage”.

In their speeches during the event, Abia State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Uzor Nwachukwu and the Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Nwaobilor Ananaba said sixty young footballers were discovered successful the earlier phases of the Abia Soccer Fest competition.

The Abia State authorities officials said that much talents would beryllium identified from the State last matches a...