Ex-Super Eagles Captain Austin Okocha will lead his former teammates to tackle the football team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited as the 13th NNPC Sports Fiesta gets underway in Abuja on Sunday.
A statement by Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPCL, made this known on Saturday.
He said the one-week Sports Fiesta will be held between February 18 and 23, 2024.
Soneye said that the novelty match, scheduled for Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, would climax activities for the sports fiesta.
He said: “The Company strives to retain its legendary status of the team to beat in the Nigeria Oil & Gas Industry Games (NOGIG) coming up later in April, this year.
“This year’s edition of the biennial event themed ‘Healthy Workforce, Productive Organisation’, symbolises NNPC Limited’s belief in the integral role of physical well-being towards enhancing organisational productivity among employees.
“The event will see the Company’s employees competing in 13 games namely football, basketball, volleyball, chess, squash, scrabble, 8-ball pool, golf, tennis, table tennis, badminton, swimming and athletics.”
The spokesman said that six NNPCL zones have undergone a restructuring following their consolidation into three teams that represent the Company’s three core values of Integrity (Port Harcourt/Benin), Excellence (Lagos/Warri) and Sustainability (Abuja/Kaduna).
Soneye said that the sports fiesta had been designed for the three teams to showcase friendly contests.
According to him, the tournament will also serve as a platform for selecting NNPCL’s potential flag bearers at the forthcoming NOGIG in April 2024.
He said the company is expected to defend its title at NOGIG, as overall winner, a feat it has maintained over the years.
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He added: “The NNPC Limited has been a serial winner of the NOGIG Games, which also features other participants from International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria and key agencies under the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
“During the last edition of NOGIG held in 2020 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, NNPC Ltd emerged the overall winner of the tournament, carting home 48 laurels, which include 13 gold, 16 silver and 19 bronze medals.”
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