On
Wednesday 15th July 2015 at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta. The
rock city witnessed excellent field of play at the season three finals of
Guaranty Trust Bank’s Ogun Principals Cup. Winners of the female and male
category respectively; Muslim high school Isolu, and Pakoto High school, Ayede
Ifo clinched the 3rd edition of the prestigious GTBank–Ogun State Principals
Cup competition held.
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.
The
Female teams kicked off the finals as United Comprehensive High School, Wasimi
Abeokuta played against Muslim High School, Isolu Abeokuta. The game started
with both sides showing their class and skills until Adeyinka Jumoke broke the
deadlock in the 19th minute with a curly free kick found the back of
the net. However, the Muslim girls were not done yet until Nurudeen Wasilat
doubled the lead few minutes after the start of the second half and that
delivered the GTBank-Ogun State Principals Cup trophy to them.
But
it was different in the male category. St. Anthony's Grammar School, Esure,
Ijebu Mushin scored first when Olaide Kehinde dribbled past the Pakoto High
School goalkeeper to give his team the lead. However, Ishola Damilare equalized
for Pakoto High School minutes before the break and it was level at half time.
The second half was tense as both teams had chances to take the lead but the
needed goal came from most valuable player of the match, Ishola Damilare for
Pakoto High School and they were crowned Ogun State Principals Cup Champions
for the first time.
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
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.
In
gracing the finals of the tournament, Mrs Yewande Ige, Divisional Head
South-West GTBank, Mrs Oyinade Adegbite, Senior Manager Communications and
External Affairs, Mrs Abimbola Meshinoye, Deputy Manager Communications and
External Affairs, GTBank, Olajide Adebanjo, Group head retail South West,
GTBank, Acting Deputy Governor of Ogun State Mrs Yetunde Onanuga, SSG Ogun
State, Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa.
At the
end of the tournament, the foremost bank gave out prizes
to winner and runners-up as promised, ranging from mouth watering N1, 000,000 and
N750,000, N500,000 and N250,000 for 1st, 2nd 3rd and 4th place
winners respectively in both the male and female categories. On the male
category, 1st
– Pakoto High School, Ayede Ifo, 2nd – St. Anthony's Grammar School,
Esure, Ijebu, 3rd – Asero High School, Abeokuta and 4th-
Ode Remo High School, Ode Remo while on female category 1st – Muslim
High School, Isolu, Abeokuta, 2nd – United Comprehensive High
School, Wasimi, Abeokuta, 3rd – Our Lady of Apostles Secondary
School, Ijebu Ode and 4th- St. Anthony’s Grammar School, Esure,
Ijebu Mushin.
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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