By EMMA JEMEGAH
The organisers of the Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF) have unveiled Premium Trust Bank as the Lead Corporate Sponsor.
At a ceremony held at the bank’s headquarters in Lagos, chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chinedu Ebie said the partnership with Premium Trust Bank would help the commission’s plan to use sports as human capital development vehicle as well as help sustain the talents discovered at the games in promoting their development in attending international meets.
“We are interested in human capital development and we recognise we can use sports to drive it. We want to institutionalise the games for it’s sustainance and with the support of Premium Trust Bank,we can support the athletes to attend international meets,” Ebie said.
Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, Alabo Boma Iyayi is excited partnering with the bank.
“I’m happy that Premium Trust Bank is partnering with us. We realised there’s a lacuna in our sports and we need to cover the gap to bring our youths to nurture their talents. This is an opportunity to discover and nurture talents from the creeks and the communities and hand over them to the National Sports Commission to groom.
“The games provide an opportunity to curb criminality in the region because if the athletes are busy they will not have time to engage in criminality,” Iyayi posited.
The CEO/MD of Premium Trust Bank, Emmanuel Efe Emefienim said he identify with the efforts of the NDDC hence his bank has joined in empowering the talents to do well in their various fields.