The first edition of the maracana tournament of the prefects of the department of Zecco and Ziou, closed its doors on Saturday May 4, 2024 with the final. It was the team from the Basic Education Districts (CEB) of Ziou, which won the trophy ahead of that of Zecco, in the presence of the two prefects and several guests.
In total, 8 teams from the departments of Zecco and Ziou competed for a month in a spirit of brotherhood and fair play.
According to the promoters, the prefect of the department of Zecco Etienne Sanglan, and the prefect of Ziou, Salam Marané, beyond these frameworks of leisure and exchanges between officials of the two departments, such an activity aims to establish a spirit of healthy collaboration and mutual knowledge between the different decentralized State services operating in these two departments.
‘It also aims to lay the foundations of social cohesion and living together between populations on the one hand and civil servants and populations on the other,’ they indicated.
The final
pitted the basic education districts (CEB) of Zecco and Ziou against each other.
It was with a score of 1 goal to zero that the CEB Ziou team won the trophy of this first edition of the maracana football tournament of the prefects of the Zecco and Ziou departments.
In addition to the trophy, she receives an envelope of 50,000 CFA francs plus a ball.
Ziou’s CEB team pockets 30,000 CFA francs plus a ball.
All other participating teams were rewarded in cash and in kind.
Before the kick-off, the customary and religious authorities of the two departments prayed for the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) and the Volunteers for the Defense of the Fatherland (VDP), committed to the reconquest of the national territory.
The two authorities took the opportunity to congratulate and express their gratitude to the goodwill of the two departments which supported this initiative.
It is also noted that the opening match was played in Zecco and the final in Ziou.
An appointment has been made for 2025 for the second edi
tion.
Source: Burkina Information Agency