14th Nigeria Oil and Gas Games begins in Lagos

THE 14th Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games begins this weekend in Lagos with preliminaries of the football event kicking off tomorrow at the Legacy pitch of the Lagos National Stadium in Surulere.Eleven companies will be participating in the multi-discipline event, which has Shell as the defending champion. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos yesterday, chairman of the national organising committee, Peter Odjoji, said that at the end of the preliminaries of the football event, two finalists would emerge to contest the gold medal in the finals billed for March 3 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.Other events to feature in the finals proper include squash, table tennis, tennis, basketball, scrabble and chess, among others. He expressed joy over the steady growth the Games had witnessed over the years, noting: 'The Games, which started with only one event - squash - and a few participating companies, has grown tremendously to 12 events.
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