Maltina thrills consumers as ‘School Games’ ends in Lagos
It was fun, glitz and glamour with excitement as the concluding part of the second edition of Maltina School Games competition ended in Lagos in style mid-week.
The one-month long competition, put together by the leading malt brand, Maltina, Nigeria’s No. 1 smooth, nourishing malt drink from the stable of Nigerian Breweries Plc., in partnership with Nigeria School Sporting Federation, was held at Yaba Tech Sports Complex, in Lagos.
Highlighting the national annual event, Senior Brand Manager, Maltina, Elohor Olumide-Awe, revealed that, “The Maltina School Games is part of the brand’s strategic positioning to create a platform that will identify with young people to express their talents through sports”.
She explained that about 400 schools across the country participated in the Game. She also mentioned that the competition toured through four states of the federation which includes Abuja, Port-Harcourt, and Bauchi, while the final stage of the last two days ended in Lagos.
Elohor noted that Maltina’s core value is to share happiness, while emphasising that Maltina understands the importance and power of sports as a tool for youth development.
“The concept of the game is to empower the students with all-round development which include mentally, academically and physically, by engaging them with sports while also bringing happiness in them with nourishing Maltina.”
According to her, a total of 44 athletes will be selected from each state to proceed to the state finals in this year edition of the game. She revealed that everybody is a winner in Maltina School Games as winners will be smiling home with various prizes, including a certificate of participation.
She added that the winning athletes at the state finals with the highest number of medals will go home with cash prize of N500, 000 and other exciting gifts such as laptops and tech-packs. Meanwhile, the top three winners will get medals while there will be prizes for the overall best school and district.
She stated that the game featured a total of four sub-categories of participation. These include the Senior and Junior Secondary school category for boys, and the Senior and Junior Secondary school category for girls. There will be a total of 12 winners from the senior boys’ and girls’ category and a total of 10 winners from the junior boys’ and girls’ category.
The one-month long event featured lots of interesting and memorable activities for the participants. Elohor revealed that the Game could not go nationwide due to the challenges associated with Covid-19 pandemic and the inherent insecurity across the country. Maltina brand promised future participants more engaging and interesting outing in subsequent editions.
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