Lagos Endorses Heritage Bank Skoolympics Project

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Towards building champions through youth sports competition at the secondary school level; the Lagos State Government has endorsed the Heritage Bank Skoolympics project, an initiative of Heritage Bank Plc.

The Special Adviser to the state government on Sports, Mr. Ayodeji Tinubu gave the endorsement at a stakeholders meeting held at the corporate headquarters of the bank in Lagos recently.

Disclosing that  Heritage Bank is the only bank at the moment that is undertaking such a lofty and premium sporting project in the state, which maiden event will take place from November 2 to 4, 2016; Tinubu said, the State is very happy about the project because it will help to develop youths in the state in a disciplined manner.

He further disclosed that Lagos has mobilized and created awareness among students in the state for the project and they are looking forward to it.

Heritage Bank Skoolympics was a “very fantastic idea” and the state is interested in the “pre, during and post-event activities because it plans to expose the beneficiary students to proper mentoring and counseling.”

Tinubu, who also doubles as the Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission said the state government was building a sports culture in the state as it is in the most metropolis, through the creation of an enabling environment for sustainable sporting activities to thrive in a variety of sports events.

Also speaking, the Brand Ambassador of Heritage Bank Skoolympics, Chief Mrs. Mary Onyali,  who says  she was really moved when she was approached to be the ambassador.

She, however, urged the stakeholders to make the Heritage Bank Skoolympics a continual project, as it consists of concepts that would benefit Nigerian children.

Earlier in her address of welcome, the Executive Director, Lagos and South-west/Corporate Banking of Heritage Bank, Mrs. Mary Akpobome, who stood in for the Managing Director, Ifie Sekibo, affirmed that the bank was spearheading the noble project in the state because Lagos State has been known to be successful in driving sports initiatives.

She said the bank has a sustainability plan to organize the programme yearly in a bid to identify and mentor the winning youths over a long period of time to become medallists in international competitions.

“Heritage Bank will be hosting over 200 public and private schools with about 6,000 students competing across all local government areas of Lagos State in the maiden event. The competition which will take place at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere and Rowe Park Sport in Yaba will feature various sporting activities like basketball, athletics, handball, table tennis, swimming, track and field events among others”.

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