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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