Sports

November 9, 2011

Total Nigeria MD’s Cup kicks off tomorrow

BY JACOB AJOM
All is now set for the biennial Total Nigeria MD’s Cup competition billed to commence in Lagos November 10th.

Four teams, representing the headquarters, the Northern, Eastern and Western Territorial offices will feature in the two day event. The preliminaries will hold at the Legacy pitch, National stadium on the opening day with teams engaging each other in a league format. The final holds at the Campos Square mini stadium, Lagos Saturday, November 12th.

The Northern Territory office is the defending champion as they won the first edition held at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos in 2009.

General Manager (Human Resources), Joshua Ogbimi told Sports Vanguard that the trophy which is contested among employees of the oil marketing company symbolized the company’s campaign for healthy living “through health and physical fitness activities like football”.

A healthy Living Walk from Victoria Island headquarters to Campos Square and a novelty match will precede the finale on Saturday.

Ogbimi said, “the company is not only interested in the economic gains but places premium on the health and welfare of its employees”. He added that the company thrives to strike a balance between “work and life patterns as well as achieve enhanced productivity”.