Athletes representing various companies participating in the 19th Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games (NOGIG 2024) have heightened preparations as various teams currently in camps at different locations in the country are putting finishing touches and perfecting their plans ahead of the games kicking off on April 21 through 27th at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
Teams representing NNPC, SHELL, TOTAL ENERGIES, NCDMB, NMDPRA, NUPRC, ARADEL, OANDO, SEPLAT, NLNG, CHEVRON, PTI and EXXONMOBIL will vie for honours in 13 sports including Athletics, Golf, Chess, Football, Table Tennis and Tennis.
Other sports to feature in the week-long event include Squash, Badminton, Swimming, Basketball, Volleyball, 8-Ball Pool and Scrabble.
The highpoints of the final day’s activities will be the finals of the male and female 100m and 200m races, the 4×100 metres relay and the final football match between NCDMB and NLNG.
The preliminaries of the football event took place at the Shell Residential Area, Port Harcourt in March.
NCDMB defeated NNPC 1-0 in a highly contested semi final duel while NLNG defeated NMDPRA 1-0 in the other semi final.
One of the stars to feature in the Table Tennis event for Team NCDMB, Joe Adebayor has since relocated to Lagos, training for long hours daily at the Knock-up hall of the National Stadium in Surulere.
“We don’t want to take any chances. We hope to compete well and win medals for our company. That’s why I am training. hard,” Adebayor concluded in chat with reporters yesterday.
