Gloria Ezirim

MTN and Coca-Cola Nigeria, major sponsors of the annual ‘Hope Walk’ are collaborating with Hope Worldwide Nigeria to mobilize 10,000 volunteer participants for this year’s ‘Hope Work’ slated for Saturday, December 3, 2011. The theme of this year’s Walk is ‘Support a child, build a great nation’.

The 10 kilometer Hope Walk which first held in 1998 as a walk for sport in Lagos now holds as a national event spanning other major cities of Nigeria including Port-Harcourt, Calabar, Owerri, Sokoto, Ilorin, Ibadan, Benin, Okene, Gombe will start from Maryland Comprehensive High School, Ikeja to Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Speaking at a strategic press conference to announce the date and logistic arrangements for this year’s Hope Walk, the CEO of Hope Worldwide Nigeria Mr. Olaoshebikan Clement said that arrangements are concluded to insure that this year’s Hope Walk is hitch free and turns out to be a huge success like the previous ones.

He said security has been put in place to scan the stretch of Ikorodu road and that experts have been involved to ensure free flow of traffic and guard against accident.