The competition is scheduled to begin throughout the state's six school districts next month.
The Lagos State Principal Cup has returned, with over 500 secondary schools in the state ready to battle for laurels.
The chairman of the planning committee, Rasaq Ajala, is hopeful that a top-notch football competition will be organized for the state's secondary school students.
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The competition is scheduled to begin throughout the state's six school districts next month.
Ajala, who doubles as the Executive Chairman of Odi Olowo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, asserted this while addressing the media during the week.
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He added that the history of football development could not be mentioned without referring to the Principal Cup which had discovered Nigeria’s great players in the mold of Peter Rufai, Stephen Keshi, Samson Siasia, Henry Nwosu, Tajudeen Disu, Waheed Akanni among others.
He confirmed that the committee is working in tandem with the LSFA and has chosen to collaborate with Lagos Television (LTV) to broadcast the matches live.
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He said, “We have resolved to include secondary school female football players in the tournament, and it would be divided into two categories, junior and senior secondary.
"32 teams will be drawn into 8 groups, while the top two schools in each group will qualify for the round of 16. The Committee has decided to introduce the Principal Cup Handbook, which contains the rules and regulations of the competition, to all 500 participating schools expected to feature in the game.”
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He concluded that the tournament designed for both Public and Private Secondary Schools, will see eight teams from the private secondary schools qualifying for the play-off while twenty-four teams from the public schools will scale through to the play-off which is the round of 32.
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