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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria\u2019s Ministry of Sports has expressed optimism over the return of the national Principals\u2019 Cup as it hopes to discover young talents across the country.<\/p>\n

The Principals\u2019 Cup is a football competition amongst secondary schools, aimed at fostering national unity, and also identifying local football talents at the grassroots level.<\/p>\n

The competition, which has produced many ex-internationals, was very popular in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s but was abandoned until its recent revival by the Minister, Sunday Dare.<\/p>\n

According to a statement by Dare\u2019s special adviser (media), John Joshua-Akanji, the Principals\u2019 Cup will not only be about football, but will include other sporting activities.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe National Principals\u2019 Cup is back, one of the bedrock of grassroots sports development,\u201d he told newsmen in Abuja.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe likes of Segun Odegbami, Henry Nwosu, Late Stephen Keshi, Daniel Amokachi, Victor Ikpeba , Joseph Dosu, Tajudeen Disu, Ganiyu Ajide , among others were all products of the Principals\u2019 cup and they all donned the green white green national jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that we can discover young talents from secondary schools and nurture them to stardom made us focus on reviving the competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Principals\u2019 cup is kicking off soon across the federation because talents abound everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe competition is not restricted to only football but other sports like Boxing, Badminton, table tennis and athletics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is to ensure that the competition stands the test of time with sustainable improvements,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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