In a bid to contribute their quota to the development of Nigerian football space as well as add to plans of Nigeria Professional Football League and the Nigeria National League (NNL) teams proper preparation for the 2022/2023 season scheduled to kick off in September 2022, the organizers of the ValueJet Cup have unveiled the maiden edition of a Pre-season tournament, tagged ‘ValueJet NPFL Preseason Tournament
The tournament according to the organisers will kick off on August 24th and ends on September 3rd, 2022 at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, Ogun State.
The Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Otunba Tade Azeez disclosed on Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 that the prestigious preseason tournament will feature the top Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) and Nigeria National League (NNL) clubs.
“We have invited 18 clubs to participate in the tournament and we are offering them the platform to prepare for the new season. We appreciate ValueJet for coming on board, and we have put together a solid Organizing Committee to deliver a top-notch tournament,” said Azeez.
The winner of this year’s edition of the ValueJet Cup will cash home Two Million Naira (N2,000,000), the first runners-up and second runners-up will be rewarded with a cash prize of One Million Naira (N1,000,000), and Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000) respectively.
There’s however something to smile home with for all clubs, regardless of their finishing position at the tournament as all participating clubs have been earmarked to cart home a sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousands Naira (N250,000) as appearance fees that will ease the club’s logistics.
“We are investing ValueJet sponsorships to support the clubs, we want them to experience a top-quality preseason tournament and our objective is to ensure the clubs have the best preparation ahead of the new season, especially for our clubs that will participate in the continent. We have cash prizes in millions and all the participating clubs will get an appearance fee to make their preparation easy,” Azeez added.
The Organizers in their quest to make this a worthwhile tournament and benchmark for other preseason have confirmed seasoned Nigerian football experts, Mr. Bashir Badawiy and Mr. Oye Bawala as the tournament’s coordinators.
ValueJet was founded in 2018 as a virtual airline brokering flights through other airlines, moving to establish itself as Nigeria’s newest low-cost carrier.