13th NNPC Sports Fiesta: Okocha Leads Ex-Super Eagles Stars

<h4>13th NNPC Sports Fiesta<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the 13th NNPC Ltd&period; Sports Fiesta will kick-off today &lpar;Sunday&comma; February 18th&comma; 2024&rpar; at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja as the Company strives to retain its legendary status of the team to beat in the Nigeria Oil &amp&semi; Gas Industry Games &lpar;NOGIG&rpar; coming up later in April&comma; this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a statement signed by Olufemi O&period; Soneye&comma; Chief Corporate Communications Officer&comma; NNPC Ltd and made available to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;saharaweeklyng&period;com&sol;">OpenLife<&sol;a>&comma; this year’s edition of the biennial event themed &&num;8220&semi;Healthy Workforce&comma; Productive Organization&comma;&&num;8221&semi; symbolises NNPC Ltd’s belief in the integral role of physical well-being towards enhancing organizational productivity among employees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The event will see the Company’s employees competing in 13 games namely football&comma; basketball&comma; volleyball&comma; chess&comma; squash&comma; scrabble&comma; 8-ball pool&comma; golf&comma; tennis&comma; table tennis&comma; badminton&comma; swimming and athletics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The one-week event&comma; which will climax on Friday&comma; 23rd February&comma; 2024&comma; will also feature a novelty match that will see the NNPC Ltd Football Team trading tackles with Ex-Super Eagles Stars&comma; led by Nigeria’s legendary Captain&comma; Austin JJ Okocha&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This year&comma; the six NNPC Ltd zones have undergone a restructuring&comma; following their consolidation into three teams that represent the Company’s three core values of Integrity &lpar;Port Harcourt&sol;Benin&rpar;&semi; Excellence &lpar;Lagos&sol;Warri&rpar; and Sustainability &lpar;Abuja&sol;Kaduna&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The tournament&comma; which is set to showcase friendly yet spirited contests among the three teams&comma; will also serve as a platform for selecting NNPC Ltd’s potential flagbearers at the forthcoming Nigeria Oil &amp&semi; Gas Industry Games &lpar;NOGIG&rpar; in April 2024&comma; where the Company will defend its title of Overall Winner&comma; a feat it has maintained over the years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The NNPC Ltd has been a serial winner of the NOGIG Games&comma; which also features other participants from International Oil Companies &lpar;IOCs&rpar; operating in Nigeria and key agencies under the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During the last edition of NOGIG held in 2020 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos&comma; NNPC Ltd emerged the overall winner of the tournament&comma; carting home 48 laurels&comma; which include 13 gold&comma; 16 silver and 19 bronze medals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;23703" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-23703" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-23703" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;01&sol;jayjay-blog-1-300x188&period;jpg" alt&equals;"13th NNPC Sports Fiesta&colon; Okocha Leads Ex-Super Eagles Stars " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"188" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-23703" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Jay Jay Okocha<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;