{"id":16078,"date":"2017-07-31T21:31:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T20:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=16078"},"modified":"2017-07-31T21:31:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T20:31:27","slug":"feet-n-tricks-redeems-pledges-worth-n20m-handover-saloon-car-ticket-prize-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/feet-n-tricks-redeems-pledges-worth-n20m-handover-saloon-car-ticket-prize-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Feet \u2018n\u2019 Tricks Redeems Pledges Worth\u00a0Over N20m,\u00a0Handover Saloon Car, Ticket, Prize Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feet ‘n’ Tricks International Limited, organizer of the just concluded Nigeria National Freestyle Championship,\u00a0in conjunction with its major sponsor, GAC Motors, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and VFD Group,\u00a0have fulfilled their pledge as a\u00a0brand new\u00a0saloon car was handed to the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Prize Winner in the male category of the competition, McCarthy Obanor<\/p>\n

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\u00a0of the event.<\/p>\n

The winners apart from Mr. McCarthy Obanor, who will represent Nigeria at the World Super Ball Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, include\u00a0\u00a0Mayowa Bababunmi, a medical doctor, who placed second, winning N750,000.\u00a0 Others are 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0runner up, Austine Abariode who went home with N500,000.00 and 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0runner up, Ifeanyi Nwabeke, who received N250,000.00 for his freestyle football skills.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0female\u00a0category, Rasheedat Ajibade, the captain of Nigeria\u2019s Under 17 Women National Team clinched the title, winning\u00a0the sum of\u00a0N1m. Ajibade, a professional footballer,\u00a0defeated Chidinma Okeke, her teammate in the national team in the final. Okeke collected N750,000 for her\u00a0second\u00a0place effort. Nduibisi Esther and Unamba Augustina were 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0and 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0place winners,\u00a0receiving\u00a0N500,000 and N250,000 respectively.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the event, Chairman of Feet \u2018n\u2019 Tricks Limited, Valentine Ozigbo,\u00a0appreciated the sponsors\u00a0–\u00a0GAC 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.<\/p>\n

He noted that the organisers\u00a0would not have achieved this much in its first year without\u00a0the belief\u00a0the\u00a0sponsors\u00a0had\u00a0in his company. \u201cIt is going to be bigger and better next year, we are going to be working with\u00a0all that were part of this year\u2019s and we promise a bigger and better tournament next year,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

The Chairwoman of Choice International and representative of GAC Motors in Africa, Chief Diana Chan, said GAC Motors collaborated\u00a0 with Feet \u2018n\u2019 Tricks to give better future and sustainable leaving to talented young men and women in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

While promising the commitment of her company to future editions of the competition,\u00a0she said, \u201cOur 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alhaji Kunle Oseni, National Coordinator for Tax Enlightenment, FIRS, \u00a0representing 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.<\/p>

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Speaking on behalf of the winners, Mr. McCarthy Obanor, who\u00a0will be\u00a0sponsored to the world championship,\u00a0thanked 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor 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\u2019s flag in an international competition, what I have long for in my\u00a0 seven years of freestyling,\u201d Obanor said<\/p>\n

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. \u201cwith my involvement, I believe I have encouraged other professionals to live their passion,\u201d, Mayowa said.<\/p>\n

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Presentation of Prize from left: Overall Winner, Nigeria Freestyle Football \u00a0Championship, Mr McCarthy Obanor, beside the Saloon Car donated by GAC Motors to 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Prize Winner ; Chairman of Feet \u2018n\u2019 Tricks Limited, Valentine Ozigbo; Senior Sales Manager, CIG Motors Limited, distributor of GAC brands of vehicles in Nigeria, Mr. Phillip Eboka; \u00a0National Coordinator, Federal Engagement and Enlightenment Tax Teams, Federal Inland Revenue Services(FIRS), Alhaji Kunle Oseni; CEO, Feet \u2018n\u2019 Tricks Limited, Mr O\u2019Dyke Nzewi, at the presentation ceremony of prizes to winners of the Nigeria Freestyle Football \u00a0Championship organised by Feet \u2018n\u2019 Tricks Limited , in Lagos on Monday<\/p>\n

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