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Presentation of Prize 1: l-r: Overall Winner, Nigeria
Freestyle Football Championship, Mr McCarthy Obanor, beside the Saloon
Car donated by GAC Motors to 1st Prize Winner ; Chairman of
Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited, Valentine Ozigbo; Senior Sales Manager, CIG Motors
Limited, distributor of GAC brands of vehicles in Nigeria, Mr. Phillip Eboka;
National Coordinator, Federal Engagement and Enlightenment Tax Teams,
Federal Inland Revenue Services(FIRS), Alhaji Kunle Oseni; CEO, Feet ‘n’ Tricks
Limited, Mr O’Dyke Nzewi, at the presentation ceremony of prizes to winners of
the Nigeria Freestyle Football Championship organised by Feet ‘n’ Tricks
Limited , in Lagos on Monday
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Feet 'n' Tricks International Limited, organizer of the just
concluded Nigeria National Freestyle Championship, in conjunction with its
major sponsor, GAC Motors, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and VFD
Group, have fulfilled their pledge as a brand new saloon car was
handed to the 1st Prize Winner in the male category of the
competition, McCarthy Obanor.
The saloon car, travel ticket and other prizes, won during
the very successful competition held last weekend at the Ikeja City Mall, were
handed over to winners at an impressive ceremony held at the GAC Motor Office
in Victoria Island Lagos and witnessed by other major sponsors of the
event.
The winners apart from Mr. McCarthy Obanor, who will
represent Nigeria at the World Super Ball Championships in Prague, Czech
Republic, include Mayowa Bababunmi, a medical doctor, who placed
second, winning N750,000. Others are 2nd runner up,
Austine Abariode who went home with N500,000.00 and 3rd runner
up, Ifeanyi Nwabeke, who received N250,000.00 for his freestyle football
skills.
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Presentation of Prize 2: l-r: Overall Winner, Nigeria
Freestyle Football Championship, Mr McCarthy Obanor, beside the 2017
Model GS3 Saloon Car donated by GAC Motors to 1st Prize Winner
; Chairman of Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited, Valentine Ozigbo; Senior Sales Manager,
CIG Motors Limited, distributor of GAC brands of vehicles in Nigeria, Mr.
Phillip Eboka; National Coordinator, Federal Engagement and
Enlightenment Tax Teams, Federal Inland Revenue Services(FIRS), Alhaji Kunle
Oseni; CEO, Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited, Mr O’Dyke Nzewi, at the presentation
ceremony of prizes to winners of the Nigeria Freestyle Football
Championship organised by Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited , in Lagos on
Monday
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In the female category, Rasheedat Ajibade, the
captain of Nigeria’s Under 17 Women National Team clinched the title,
winning the sum of N1m. Ajibade, a professional
footballer, defeated Chidinma Okeke, her teammate in the national team in
the final. Okeke collected N750,000 for her second place effort.
Nduibisi Esther and Unamba Augustina were 2nd and 3rd place
winners, receiving N500,000 and N250,000 respectively.
Speaking at the event, Chairman of Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited,
Valentine Ozigbo, appreciated the sponsors - GAC Motors, FIRS,
Five Star Music, VFD Group, Wakanow, Wine and Things, Scavi & Ray, Pinnacle
Communications and media groups including Hip TV, Cool FM Group, DBN and
Channels for their support.
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Presentation of Prize 3: l-r: Overall Winner, Nigeria
Freestyle Football Championship, Mr McCarthy Obanor, beside the Saloon
Car donated by GAC Motors to 1st Prize Winner ; Chairman of
Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited, Valentine Ozigbo; Senior Sales Manager, CIG
Motors Limited, distributor of GAC brands of vehicles in Nigeria, Mr. Phillip
Eboka; and CEO, Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited, Mr O’Dyke Nzewi, at the
presentation ceremony of prizes to winners of the Nigeria Freestyle Football
Championship, organised by Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited , in Lagos on
Monday
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He noted that the organisers would not have achieved
this much in its first year without the
belief the sponsors had in his company. “It is going to be
bigger and better next year, we are going to be working with all that were
part of this year’s and we promise a bigger and better tournament next year,”
he concluded.
The Chairwoman of Choice International and representative of
GAC Motors in Africa, Chief Diana Chan, said GAC Motors collaborated with
Feet ‘n’ Tricks to give better future and sustainable leaving to talented young
men and women in Nigeria.
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Presentation of Prize 4: l-r: Overall Winner, Nigeria
Freestyle Football Championship, Mr McCarthy Obanor and Chairman of
Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited, Valentine Ozigbo, at the presentation ceremony
of Saloon Car donated by GAC Motors to 1st Prize Winner among
other prizes in Lagoson Monday
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While promising the commitment of her company to future
editions of the competition, she said, “Our mission in Nigeria is to offer
the next credible alternatives to users of vehicles in Nigeria through our
sincere commitment to offering high quality products and services to our
customers, and in doing this to support the creative arts and sports and
talented young Nigerians in order to bring out the best in them.”
Alhaji Kunle Oseni, National Coordinator for Tax Enlightenment,
FIRS, representing the Chairman of the agency said "FIRS is
identifying with Feet 'n' Tricks as part of our corporate social responsibility
given the very positive impacts professionalizing freestyle football would have
for our young ones on the street, and then to enlighten our people more on tax
matters.
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Presentation of Prize 5: l-r: CEO, Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited,
Mr O’Dyke Nzewi ; Chairman of Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited, Valentine Ozigbo ;
Senior Sales Manager, CIG Motors Limited, distributor of GAC brands of vehicles
in Nigeria, Mr. Phillip Eboka; Winner, Women Category, Nigeria Freestyle
Football Championship, Miss Rasheedat Ajibade; Overall Winner, Nigeria
National Freestyle Championship, Mr McCarthy Obanor; National
Coordinator, Federal Engagement and Enlightenment Tax Teams, Federal
Inland Revenue Services(FIRS), Alhaji Kunle Oseni; and Business Development
Manager, VFD Microfinance Bank, Adaobi Ekweanya at the presentation ceremony of
GAC Saloon Car and other prizes to winners of the Nigeria Freestyle
Football Championship organised by Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited , in
Lagos on Monday
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Speaking on behalf of the winners, Mr. McCarthy Obanor,
who will be sponsored to the world championship, thanked the
organiser for giving freestyle footballers hope of bright future by committing
huge resources to organising the competition despite the economic situations in
the country. He promised to make Nigeria proud by winning the global event.
“For once , Free n Tricks have helped me in convincing my
mother that there is future in freestyle football. Courtesy of the organisers
with the support of the sponsors, I am not only a owner of a brand new car, a
million naira, but most importantly, I will carrying my country’s flag in an
international competition, what I have long for in my seven years of
freestyling,” Obanor said
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Presentation of Prize 6: l-r: Business Development Manager,
VFD Microfinance Bank, Adaobi Ekweanya; National Coordinator, Federal Engagement
and Enlightenment Tax Teams, Federal Inland Revenue Services(FIRS), Alhaji
Kunle Oseni; Overall Winner, Nigeria Freestyle Football Championship, Mr
McCarthy Obanor; Chairman of Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited, Valentine Ozigbo ;
Winner, Women Category, Nigeria Freestyle Football Championship,
Miss Rasheedat Babajide; Senior Sales Manager, CIG Motors Limited,
distributor of GAC brands of vehicles in Nigeria, Mr. Phillip Eboka;; and CEO,
Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited, Mr O’Dyke Nzewi, at the presentation ceremony of
GAC Saloon Car and other prizes to winners of the Nigeria Freestyle
Football Championship organised by Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited , in
Lagos on Monday
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Presentation of Prize 8: Sales Manager, CIG Motors Limited,
Distributor of GAC brands of vehicles in Nigeria, Mr. Phillip Eboka presenting
the key to the saloon car donated by the company to the Winner, Nigeria
Freestyle Football Championship, Mr McCarthy Obanor at the at the
presentation ceremony organised by Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited, in Lagos on
Monday. Watching on are National Coordinator, Federal Engagement and
Enlightenment Tax Teams, Federal Inland Revenue Services(FIRS), Alhaji Kunle
Oseni and Chairman of Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited, Valentine Ozigbo
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Cynosure of all eyes was on Mayowa Bababunmi, a medical
doctor who placed second. Asked how he developed his talents despite his tight
medical profession practice, he said Freestyle has become a passion and
relaxation tool for him. “with my involvement, I believe I have encouraged
other professionals to live their passion,”, Mayowa said.
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Presentation of Prize 7: l-r: Business Development Manager,
VFD Microfinance Bank, Adaobi Ekweanya; National Coordinator, Federal
Engagement and Enlightenment Tax Teams, Federal Inland Revenue Services(FIRS),
Alhaji Kunle Oseni; Overall Winner, Nigeria Freestyle Football
Championship, Mr McCarthy Obanor; Chairman of Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited,
Valentine Ozigbo ; Winner, Women Category, Nigeria Freestyle Football
Championship, Miss Rasheedat Babajide; and Senior Sales Manager,
CIG Motors Limited, Distributor of GAC brands of vehicles in Nigeria, Mr.
Phillip Eboka; at the presentation ceremony of GAC Saloon Car and
other prizes to winners of the Nigeria Freestyle Football Championship
organised by Feet ‘n’ Tricks Limited , in Lagos on Monday
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