Confino Tournament Promotes Youth Empowerment, Peace In Abuja

The maiden variation of the Confino Lounge and Guesthouse Football Tournament has ended successful Abuja, with the organisers describing it arsenic a level to showcase younker talents, foster enactment and beforehand peace.
The six-week competition, which kicked disconnected connected August 10 and ended connected September 27, 2025, featured 16 teams drawn from communities successful the Abuja metropolis.

Speaking astatine the final, the organizer and Managing Director of Confino Lounge and Guesthouse, Mr. Emmanuel Cofie-Spiff, said the inaugural was designed to instrumentality youths disconnected the streets and transmission their vigor into meaningful pursuits.

“The full thought of this tourney is to scope the youth, to guarantee empowerment done leadership, unity, and peace. We anticipation that astatine the extremity of the day, what we person achieved volition lend to endowment identification, development, and adjacent provender into our nationalist shot system,” helium said.
Cofie-Spiff explained that the tourney was self-funded, but expressed optimism that consequent editions would pull greater support.

“This was a aviator lawsuit to amusement what is imaginable with condemnation and commitment. Going forward, we are unfastened to partnerships with donors and shot associations to standard up the event,” helium added.

The title lucifer ended successful a thrilling punishment shootout, with Tevis United defeating Dunes FC to assistance the trophy. The winners went location with N500,000, portion the 2nd and third-place teams received N300,000 and N200,000 respectively.

Chairman of the Nigerian Football Coaches Association, FCT Chapter, Coach Bakulomi David, hailed the modular of play, describing the last arsenic “world-class.” He commended the organizers for creating a level to observe hidden talent, urging authorities to enactment aboriginal editions.

“What we watched present tin beryllium played anywhere. The organizer has done a large occupation with his idiosyncratic resources. Government should travel successful to enactment and amended connected facilities,” helium said.

Coach of Tevis United, James Ame, praised his players’ resilience and tactical discipline, noting that grassroots tournaments specified arsenic the Confino contention were important for shot development.

“We saw a batch of endowment present that scouts tin prime for the future,” Ame added.