Foremost
financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank is set to hold the finals of the
GTBank-Lagos State Principals Cup on Thursday 19th July at the Agege Stadium,
Lagos. The prestigious tournament, now in its 9th year promises to
be a thrilling encounter between the four qualifying teams as they stake their
claim as ultimate champions of the football competition.
Considered
one of the most followed grassroots football tournaments in Secondary schools,
this year’s finals
will kick off with a match between the qualifying teams in
the female category; Isale Eko Senior Grammar School, Lagos Island and Girls
High School, Agege.
In
the male category, defending champions of the competition, Ijaiye Housing
Estate Senior Grammar School will face arch-rivals St. Finbarr’s College,
Akoka. Both teams will meet after a thrilling encounter at the Semi Finals in
which St. Finbarr’s College romped to a 2-0 win against Egan Senior Grammar
School, Alimosho, to finish top of Group B. Except for St. Finbarr’s College
which finished 2nd in 2015, two out of the four finalists have won the trophy
in the past.
After
the face off on Thursday, winners will be rewarded with the sum of
N1,000,000.00, N750,000.00 and N500,000.00 and N250,000.00 for the 1st, 2nd,
3rd and 4th place winners respectively in both male and female
categories.
Commenting
on the Finals of the 2017 GTBank Lagos State Principals Cup, Segun Agbaje, the
MD/CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank plc, stated that, “We are delighted to see
schools aiming for their first ever trophies in this competition; it emphasizes
the growing stature of the GTBank-Lagos State Principals Cup as a platform for
the cultivation of dreams through hard work and discipline.”
Over
the years, the GTBank-Lagos State Principals Cup has propelled the professional
careers of several talented and now renowned players like Stephen Odey, who
captained his alma mater- Dairy Farm Senior Secondary School to victory in the
2012 edition of the competition and is now a player in FC Zurich. Esther
Adeboye, one of the Most Valuable Players in the 2014 Competition from State
High School, Alimosho also joined the National Female U-17 Team – The
Flamingoes – that represented Nigeria at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
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.
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