Kwali, Abuja Municipal Top FCT Cadet Handball Medals Tally

Kwali and Abuja Municipal Area Councils emerged victorious, dominating the medals table at the 2024 FCT Inter-Area Councils Cadet Handball Championships. The tournament kicked off this Monday 27th May 2024 and concluded on a high note on Thursday of the same week.

The Under-12 and Under-15 Boys and Girls championships, which ought to have seen the six Area Councils of the FCT compete for honours, was reduced to a four-team tournament, after Bwari and Kuje Area Councils, failed to show up without a reason.

Professor Florence Bola Adeyanju, President of NAPHER-SD, graced the star-fixtures of the day. The Under-12 Girls final saw Abuja Municipal triumph over Kwali Area Council 8-1.

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This win for Abuja Municipal came shortly after Kwali edged them 12-10 to claim the Under-12 Boys gold medal.

The Under-15 Boys Gold also went to Kwali Area Council, while Abuja Municipal took the Silver.

Abuja Municipal claimed the Under-15 Girls’ Gold medal, reversing the outcome and leaving Kwali Area Council with the Silver.

The highlights of the finals, was the speech by Dr. Gideon Chidiebere Osi, the CEO of Gosima Group, who urged the kids to pursue their dreams, be it in Sports, Academics or other endeavors with a view to becoming responsible adults.

Dr. Osi then announced a full sponsorship of the next two editions of the championships, through which he said the FCT can discover a lot of world beaters; while keeping the youngsters away from social vices.

Another figure of note that graced the occasion was the former President of the NFF, who was also a onetime Director of the FCT Sports Council, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi.