By Atanga Philip
A Christian Based Non-denominational Organization, Seed Sower Ministry International, has organized a football competition which kicked off Friday in commemoration of this year’s International Peace Day.
The four-day football match which takes place at Gauni Arena behind Lamido Cinema in Jimeta, featured different football clubs irrespective of religious differences.
The participating teams include Jiggys Football Club, Dubai Football Club, Sunday School Football Club and Viniklang Football Club.
Others are B-Street Boys Football Club, Boys Brigade Football Club, ECWA Football Club and Byda Football Club.
Speaking shortly after the first session of the match, the Founder, Seed Sower Ministry International, Reverend Ozumba Nicodemus explained that the essence of the competition was to entrench peace in the and champion the course of unity among the youths.
Ozumba who is also the Dean Abuja Diocese of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, LCCN enjoined the players to exhibit maturity and play with decorum.
Reverend Nicodemus who identified sporting activity particularly football as the best unifier of the people said the competition was organized to among other things engender peaceful coexistence among the people to herald the International Peace Day which comes up Tuesday next week.
Also speaking, the match commissioner, Barrister DD Azura charged the participating teams to play with the consciousness of unity rather than competitiveness or mastery.
Barrister Azura who cautioned the players against bitterness and unnecessary argument during the course of the match urged them to be in the vanguard of promoting unity and peace in the society.
DD Azura who sued for tolerance among Nigerians called on youths particularly to shun act capable of causing disaffection, contention and disintegration.
At the opening match, Jiggys Football Club verses Dubai Football Club and Sunday School verses Viniklang Football Club featured on the first day.
Jiggys FC scored three against Dubai FC with two while Viniklang FC scored five and Sunday School one.
Final will be played on Monday next week, twentieth September, twenty-twenty one by four o’clock in the evening.