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October 18, 2012

Bankers Games honour for Skye Bank’s Abdulrasheed

On a weekend, he scored his half a century plus two goals, Kayode Mustapha Abdulrasheed scored a total of four goals in two matches to set yet another record in his flotilla of Nigeria Bankers Games (NBG)
historic achievements.

The first and only player in the games’ history to score 22 goals in a season, Abdulrasheed didn’t even allow his landmark 50th goal scored against Union Bank last weekend to be appreciated by fans when he completed a hat-trick in a 5-1 mauling of the Stallion Boys.

And the next day in a rescheduled match against Enterprise Bank, he notched up the 52nd goal in a lone strike that ensured that his team, Skye Bank maintained the 100% run in the 2012 edition of the Bankers Game football event.

Abdulrasheed, a Business Development Manager at the Bello Road branch of Skye Bank in Kano has certainly set a record that will be difficult to match in the games’ history and for this, organizers of the Nigeria Bankers Games will this weekend honour him in a special ceremony that will precede their encounter with Fidelity Bank at the University of Lagos Sports Complex.

His long list of achievements include being the highest goals scorer in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions as well as emerging the Most Valuable Player of the 2007 tournament. Abdulrasheed is also a member of the Nigeria Bankers Game Hall of Fame.

Fela Bank-Olemoh, the Chief Executive Officer of MediaVision Limited said the decision to honour Abdulrasheed is to inspire other participants in all events of the Bankers Games to attain their full
potentials in all spheres of life. “The society will certainly get