The Managing Director of Ecobank, Charles Kie, has signed on for the fifth Okpekpe International 10km Road Race scheduled for Saturday May 13 in Okpekpe near Auchi in Edo State.
Kie registered his name for the International Association of Athletics Federations Bronze Label race on Thursday at the bank’s corporate headquarters in Lagos and said he would be running to create awareness about a clean environment to give support to the Green-Girl project which the reigning Miss Nigeria, Chioma Stephanie Obiadi, will be projecting at the race.
Ecobank is the official bank of the only road race in Nigeria listed by the international governing body for athletics, the IAAF in its list of International competitions for the first half of 2017 and Kie has restated his company’s commitment to sustaining its support for the event.
“Okpekpe’s vision of a top quality competition which affords top athletes from across the continent of Africa opportunity to compete and mingle matches our vision as a pan- African bank.
We are delighted to be a strong part of the success story of the race and very thrilled that the race has gone digital,” he said. Race promoter and originator Mike Itemuagbor thanked Ecobank for its support. “Management and staff can monitor the performance of their Managing Director via our tracking app.
This is the first time a road race in Nigeria is making use of a tracking application and it is a completely new experience we have designed to engage the athletes and the fans either coming for the race or who wish to find out from any part of the world updates on the race,” said Itemuagbor who also praised Edo State Government for its contribution to the development of the race, especially via the provision of a safe and conducive environment for the race.
Kie registered his name for the International Association of Athletics Federations Bronze Label race on Thursday at the bank’s corporate headquarters in Lagos and said he would be running to create awareness about a clean environment to give support to the Green-Girl project which the reigning Miss Nigeria, Chioma Stephanie Obiadi, will be projecting at the race.
Ecobank is the official bank of the only road race in Nigeria listed by the international governing body for athletics, the IAAF in its list of International competitions for the first half of 2017 and Kie has restated his company’s commitment to sustaining its support for the event.
“Okpekpe’s vision of a top quality competition which affords top athletes from across the continent of Africa opportunity to compete and mingle matches our vision as a pan- African bank.
We are delighted to be a strong part of the success story of the race and very thrilled that the race has gone digital,” he said. Race promoter and originator Mike Itemuagbor thanked Ecobank for its support. “Management and staff can monitor the performance of their Managing Director via our tracking app.
This is the first time a road race in Nigeria is making use of a tracking application and it is a completely new experience we have designed to engage the athletes and the fans either coming for the race or who wish to find out from any part of the world updates on the race,” said Itemuagbor who also praised Edo State Government for its contribution to the development of the race, especially via the provision of a safe and conducive environment for the race.
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