L Lagos Nigeria – August, 2016.
The MKO Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta will on Tuesday 2nd
August, 2016 host the finals of the GTBank-Ogun State Principals Cup.
The much anticipated fixtures will light up the Rock City as thousands
of football lovers and supporters from the Egba, Ijebu, Remo, and Yewa
divisions of the State will troop to Kuto to witness the soccer
spectacle.
The
girls will kick off the day’s encounter as defending champions, Muslim
High School seek to retain their title as they take on Iganmode Grammar
School, who are playing in their first final. Emerging from the Egba,
and Yewa divisions respectively, both schools have 30 goals to their
credit, and are expected to raise the tally in the final.
The Iganmode
girls have conceded the least number of goals in the competition so far,
and will be looking to tighten their defense against the leading scorer
of Muslim High School, Iyabo Ajani who scored a hat trick in the 4-0
semifinal victory against Makun High School.
In
the boys’ category, Alamuwa Grammar School will take on Methodist
Comprehensive College. Both schools will be playing in the finals for
the first time. The Methodist team go into the game as favorites having
knocked out last season’s winners, Pakoto High School by 4 goals to 1 in
the semifinals. The match is expected to be full of action and
entertaining as both teams are relatively equal in strength, and play
very aggressive attacking football.
Winners will be rewarded with the sum of N1,000,00.00, while the 1st ,2nd, 3rd runners-up will be given N750,000.00, N500,000.00 and N350,000,00 respectively in both male and female categories.
Commenting
on the significance of the competition in Nigeria’s educational
framework, the MD/CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank plc Mr. Segun Agbaje,
believes “the competition paves the way for youths to cultivate their
sporting talents, while fostering and building a healthier lifestyle at a
critical stage in their lives”. He enjoined the students to imbibe the
spirit of fair play, hard work, and discipline, which are some of the
core values of GTBank.
Guaranty
Trust Bank, a youth oriented brand maintains the lead in providing
support for education and sports to enable young boys and girls explore
their talents and reach for their dreams. It is one of the few Nigerian
financial institutions that have maintained a defined Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) strategy, most especially in sports education. The
Bank actively supports in-classroom and out-of-classroom educational
programmes, infrastructure development, students’ scholarship and
teachers training across Africa.
Alongside the Ogun State Principals Cup, GTBank also sponsors the Lagos State Principals Cup, and the Masters Cup tournament.
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