Asaba 2018: Zenith Bank commends Team Nigeria

Zenith Bank Plc has commended the Nigerian athletes  for their showing at the  2018  Senior African Athletics Championship in Asaba.

The competition ended on Sunday with Nigeria finishing  in the third position with nine gold, six silver and five bronze.

Kenya  won the championships with 11 gold, six silver and two bronze while South Africa came second with nine gold, 13 silver and eight bronze.

Group Managing Director of the bank, Peter Amangbo, said the athletes deserved praise  for helping the country to the third place in the  52-country event.

Amangbo said,  “The athletes gave a very good account of themselves in Asaba and we are really proud of them. It was great to have many big names on the continent competing  in Nigeria.

“Winning the 4x100m women’s  relay was a great  achievement  while the efforts  of young athletes like Tobi Amusan are  commendable.

“Zenith Bank is proud to be part of this competition and we are also happy about the achievements of Team Nigeria at the competition. We will continue to support sports in every way we can.”

Zenith Bank Plc led the donors at the fund raiser  for the championships with N300m while Bube Dan gave N20m, Levant Construction N20m, Gomene N11m, Delta State House of Assembly N7m and  Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development N5m.

Amusan, Kelechi Nwanaga and Divine Oduduru  praised Zenith Bank and other sponsors for supporting the competition