I shall take tofa premier league beyond Kano state - Galadima

By Aro Olaoluwa.


Kano state sports commission chairman Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima has vowed to support the sponsor, and the organizers of one the most popular football competition in the north west zone area of nigeria ( kano state).

Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima who was a one time then Nigeria Football Association Chairman says; "This laudable event has been on yearly I mean more than two decades now, and I must tell you that plans are on ground to meet with the donor of this Tofa premier league and the organizers which kano state football association after this year competition, we are looking at expanding the numbers of participants by taking it beyond kano state and perhaps make it a ( North west zone) competition which would enable other state in north west areas to tap from this wonderful opportunity that would avail other hidden talents  in the north west zone."

The kano state principal of sports, Ibrahim Galadima therefore hailed the sponsor of the competition ( alhaji isyaku umar Tofa) for continuing to show patriotism towards football development in kano state.

"I must confess the sponsor of this wonderful premier league has done extremely well for his consistency since he initiated the football competition in 1996 and he never for once disappointed by ensuring that the Tofa premier league holds every year thus we at the kano state sports commission believed it is high time we support such individual be enlarging the scope of the competition beyond kano state," he vowed.

However, the 2017 Tofa premier league had 24 teams competed for glory while  Kano lions lost succumbed  to Ashafa action Goron Dutse 5-2 on penalties.


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