Zenith Bank Plc has re-instated its commitment to the
development of sports in Nigeria with a pledge to maintain its leadership
position in this direction.
The bank’s Group Managing Director, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, who
stated this, stressed that in the New Year (2020), the outfit would continue in
its great support for sports in the country.
Onyeagwu who laid more emphasis on the fact that the bank
was proud of the role played in the development of sports in Nigeria over the
years, especially in the year 2019.
The bank which is in its 16th year of sponsorship of the
Women’s National Basketball league, 5th year of the Delta State Principals’ Cup
for Secondary Schools is also in partnership with the football federation with
the annual NFF/Future Eagles competition for U-13 and U-15. Zenith Bank also
sponsors swimming in Ikoyi Club 1938 and table tennis at the Lagos Country
Club.
The bank’s GMD said: “We are happy with our sports projects
last year and we hope to do this again this New Year and improve on all the
programmes.
“Talking the youths to the next level is one of our
objectives just as we also support federations like football and basketball in
an attempt to catch talents young in the country.
“We are going ahead with all our sporting events this year and
we expect the competitions to be better in all aspects.”
Air Warriors of Abuja defeated MFM Queens to emerge the 2019
Zenith Bank Women Basketball League Champions at the sports hall of the
National Stadium last October.
In the Zenith/Delta Principals Cup competition, School of
Commerce Warri emerged 2019 winners after defeating Zappa Mixed School, Asaba
2-1 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba.
It could be recalled that some of the products of Zenith
Bank in the U-13, U-15 Future Eagles competition represented Nigeria at
continental and global stage in the U-17 cadre.
