The FCT Unity Football Championship will kick-off on July 8th across the six area councils of the territory, with the grand finale scheduled to hold on July 29th in Abuja Municipal Area Council AMAC.

Chairman of the Local Organising Committee LOC, of the Adedoyin Benjamins-Laniyi Unity Championship 2023, Moo Mohammed, said this today in Abuja.

He said the championship would be used to discover young talents who would be nurtured and sent to clubs abroad to ply their trade.

Mohammed said that 12 teams, two each would be drawn from the six Area Councils of the FCT to compete at the second stage of the championship to be hosted in AMAC.

In a remark, the initiator of the Championship, Benjamins-Laniyi, said that it was a privilege to convene a football tournament in Abuja.

She urged the Super Falcons to make the country proud by winning the trophy at the 2023 FIFA Women world cup in Australia and New Zealand.