The Finals of the GTBank–Ogun
State Principals Cup competition will hold on Wednesday 15th July, 2015
at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The most widely followed youth
soccer competition in the state enters its concluding phase as four schools in
the male and female categories are set to compete for the highly coveted winner’s
trophies.
The competition is aimed at
actively engaging the youths through sports whilst promoting the values of
excellence and fair play. It fosters camaraderie and provides a platform for
identifying, nurturing and grooming young and talented players amongst
Secondary School students in Nigeria.
This season’s competition,
tagged “Smash All Barriers” featured over 344 teams from the 4
qualifying zones – Egba, Ijebu, Remo and Yewa – in Ogun State, thereby attracting
a more robust participation than the previous editions, with wider audience and
followership
United Comprehensive High
School, Wasimi, Abeokuta will take on Muslim High School, Isolu, Abeokuta in
the female category while St, Anthony’s Grammar School, Esure, Ijebu Mushin
will play Pakoto Senior High School, Ayede Ifo in the male finals. This will be
the first appearance at the final stage for all the finalists in both the male
and female categories.
According to Segun Agbaje, the Managing Director of
GTBank, “the Principals Cup 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.
The Executive Governor of Ogun
State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust
Bank, Segun Agbaje are expected to hand over trophies to the winners of the GTBank-Ogun
State Principals Cup Season 3 competition.
At the end of the tournament, cash prizes of N1,
000,000, N750,000, N500,000 and N250,000 will be presented to the 1st,
2nd, 3rd and 4th place winners in each of the
male and female categories. GTBank also provides sports equipment such as
balls, goal post nets and corner flags for schools throughout the duration of
the competition.
Guaranty Trust Bank plc is one
of the few Nigerian financial institutions that have maintained a defined
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy since its inception in 1990. 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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