Okoroma win Bayelsa Gov’s Cup, pocket N30m cash prize
Okoroma United football club of Nembe Local Government Area edged out Akinima Biogbo of Ogboloma in Yenagoa Local Government Area 1-0 to win the 2026 Bayelsa State Governor’s Cup. The finals in both male and female categories were played at Sampson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The new champions went home with the star […]
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Okoroma United football club of Nembe Local Government Area edged out Akinima Biogbo of Ogboloma in Yenagoa Local Government Area 1-0 to win the 2026 Bayelsa State Governor’s Cup.
The finals in both male and female categories were played at Sampson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
The new champions went home with the star prize of N30 million while Akinima Biogbo received N13 million cash prize.
In the women’s final, Active Ladies of Agudama defeated the defending champions, Afini Ladies of Amarata by a lone goal to clinch the prize money of N10 million while the runners up got N7 million.
This is as Bayelsa State government and Spain’s football giant, Barcelona, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an academy in the state to further groom talents discovered from grassroots football competitions in the state.
Bayelsa State Commissioner for Sports, Dr. Daniel Igali, signed on behalf of the state government while Mr. Bernat Villa Garris signed on behalf of Barcelona.
Speaking during the signing ceremony, Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, said the agreement with one of Europe’s biggest football teams would pave the way for more youths in the state to be productively engaged in the game and steer them away from unwholesome practices.
Diri stated that as a youth development initiative, the Prosperity Cup was now bigger having been expanded from where his administration met the tournament in 2020 when it assumed office to become one of the biggest grassroots football tournaments in Nigeria.
The governor who commended the players for exhibiting professionalism, acknowledged the improved standard of play, noted that majority of them were from the state.
“On assuming office, we saw the Governor’s Football Tournament as a tool for youth engagement, development and empowerment. So we wasted no time in investing in and expanding it.
“Last year, more than 100 teams participated but in this year’s edition, there were 227 teams and we also introduced the female and para categories,” he said.