Pakoto, Muslim High School win GTBank ‘s `Ogun
Principals Cup
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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