Winners receive N12m cash prize at 2025 Obasa Games

  Winners across various sports were awarded a total sum of N12 million at the end of the 2025 edition of Obasa Games. The one-month Games featured thrilling action in both indoor and outdoor games, including chess, scrabble, table tennis, Ayo olopon, boxing, football, and athletics. In the football final, Future Stars 99 edged Goal […]

 

Winners across various sports were awarded a total sum of N12 million at the end of the 2025 edition of Obasa Games.

The one-month Games featured thrilling action in both indoor and outdoor games, including chess, scrabble, table tennis, Ayo olopon, boxing, football, and athletics.

In the football final, Future Stars 99 edged Goal Getters 6-5 on penalties at Anwar-Islam Model College, Oniwaya, Agege.

The victorious team received N3.5 million, while the runners-up and third-place winners received N1.5 million and N1 million respectively.

Winners in chess, scrabble, table tennis, Ayo olopon, boxing, and athletics received cash prizes totaling N6 million.

The Chairman of the Main Organizing Committee (MOC), Hon. Abdulganiyu Vinod Obasa, expressed happiness over the success of the multi-sport event.

“The Obasa Games 2025 was as exciting and enjoyable as previous editions. We witnessed many student-athletes giving their all to become champions.

“This year, we expanded our reach across Lagos, particularly within the Educational Districts, featuring six sporting events. Congratulations to all the stars we’ve discovered,” he said.

Obasa also disclosed plans to establish the Agege Football League for academies on weekends.

“We are also using the Obasa Games to engage our youth. As mentioned by the Lagos State Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, we plan to launch the Agege Football League for academies to participate in on weekends.

“We are upgrading local sports facilities, including building 5-a-side and 7-a-side pitches in Agege,” he said.