The sponsor of the annual Delta Principals/Headmasters’ Cup, Zenith Bank Plc, has renewed its commitments to the competition which is into its fifth and third editions respectively.
The Zenith Bank /Delta Principals’ Cup returned in 2017 with this edition making it the fifth edition as the organisers promised a better competition this year.
Speaking at a press conference in Asaba, Delta State to herald this year’s events, Senior Manager, Zenith Bank, Ijeoma Okowa, who represented the CEO/GMD of the bank, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, who was unavoidably absent at the event, said they were happy to invest in sports.
He mentioned the security situation of the country and the need by the bank to help in engaging the minds of the youths and children in the country.
“Zenith as a brand takes Corporate Social Responsibilities very seriously. We don’t just make profits at the bank, but we make sure part of the profits return to the society and one of ways we have chosen over the year is sports development, especially at the grassroots,” he noted with pride.
“I really want to thank the governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, who has given us the enabling environment, likewise the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education for what they have been doing by working on the templates for a successful event.”
On his own part, the state’s Commissioner for Primary Education, Chika Ossai, who spoke on behalf of himself and the Commissioner for Secondary Education, Mrs Rose Ezewu, said the two competitions have already grown in leap and bound with the Headmasters’ Cup, (solely sponsored in the past by the state government), now also fortunate to be bankrolled by Zenith Bank Plc.
According to him, 377 public and private primary schools and 300 public and private secondary schools have already registered for this edition.
The Headmasters’ Cup is expected to kickoff on Thursday, September 30, while the Principals’ Cup will take its turn of also starting from October 7at the St Patrick School, Asaba.
