Nestlé MILO Basketball Championship 2023: Savannah Conferencelights up Kano
Picture MBC 2023 SC 2: Players and officials of General Murtala Mohammed College Yola, Adamawa State receiving their trophy and MILO gifts from Rtd. Col. Sam Ahmedu, president of FIBA Africa Zone 3, Malam Haruna Mohammed Director of Special Duties representing the Kano State Commissioner for Education Alhaji Ya’u Abdulahi Yanshana, Funmilola Oyewole – Category Development Manager Beverages at Nestlé Nigeria PLC after winning the boys’ category of the Savannah Conference of the 23rd MILO Basketball Championship at the Indoor Hall of the Sanni Abacha stadium Kano on May 9, 2023.
Nestlé MILO Basketball Championship 2023: Savannah Conferencelights up
Kano
Government Day Science Secondary School Jalingo in Taraba State and General Murtala Mohammed College,Yola,in Adamawa State, won in the boys’ and girls’ categories, respectivelyat the first regional conference of the 23rd MILO Secondary Schools Basketball Championship.
Nestlé Nigeria’s MILO Secondary School Basketball Championship has been
promoting the value of grit for over 23years, helping schoolchildren learn essential life skills such as resilience, persistence, stamina, cooperation, and self-belief.
These values enable them to overcome challenges and achieve their goals in life.
At the recently concluded Savannah Conference, Government Day Science
Secondary School Jalingo, won in the girls’category by 19 points to 13 points,
against Government Secondary School, Numan, Adamawa State.
To win in the boys’category, GeneralMurtala Mohammed College Yola, scored 39 pointsagainst24 points scored by Dutse Model International College, Dutse, Jigawa State.
Happy Sylvester from Government Day Science Secondary School Jalingo, Taraba
State,was namedthe Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament in the girls’
category. “I do not have words to say how I feel, but I am really, really excited.
This is huge, and I never expected it, but with God all things are possible. I thank God, I thank MILO and I thank my teammates,”she said.
Picture MBC 2023 SC 1: Funmilola Oyewole – Category Development Manager Beverages at Nestlé Nigeria PLC delivering the welcome address during the finale of the Savannah Conference of the 23rd MILO Basketball Championship at the Indoor Hall of the Sanni Abacha stadium Kano on May 9, 2023.
The Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament in the boys’categoryisNuman
Dickson from General Murtala Mohammed College Yola, Adamawa State. “I am
happy and extremely excited.
Thanks, tomy teammates and coaches. They made my dream come true. I always wanted to be MVP since I started playingbasketball,
so, I am happy.”
Nestlécontinuesto leadgrassroot sports development in Nigeria through its MILO
Basketball Championship, contributing to the growth of many players in the
Nigerian national teams, and notable clubs across the world today.
Category Manager for Beverages, Nestlé Nigeria, Mr. Olutayo Olatunji, reiterated
Nestle’s commitment to developing talents, promotinghealthier lifestyles, and
instilling values for success in life through sports.
“MILO, firmly believes that
through participation in sports, children learn enduringvalues tohelp them
achievesustainable successin life,”he said.
“We are therefore, pleasedto have this opportunityto provide a platform where
young talents find expression through MILO Secondary School Basketball
Championship.
On the field of play, the teams depend on the discipline,
perseverance, courage, self-belief, and respectthat they imbibe during practice
andthrough their interactions with each other.
These life skills are not only for
basketball; they equip the players to navigate their careers and to be productive in society.
In a nutshell, ‘the GRIT’ you learn in sport, you keep for life.”
States who competed in theSavannah Conference,at the Sanni Abacha stadium,
Kano from the 3rd to 10th of May 2023 include Yobe, Borno, Taraba, Zamfara,
and Kano. Others are Gombe, Katsina, Bauchi and Jigawa.
Winners of the Savannah Conference will compete with winners ofthe Central Conference in Abuja, Equatorial Conference in Asaba and Western Conference in Ibadan holding between the 12thof May and the 6thof June 2023 at the national finals in July
2023.
The Central Conference will take place in Abuja, the FCT from 12th -19th of May
2023.
From just a few schools at its commencementin 1999, MILO Secondary School Basketball championship reaches over 150,000 individual players fromover
10,000schools across Nigeria every year.
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