Philanthropist canvasses sports devt in corporate Nigeria to boost recreation activities

Philanthropist canvasses sports devt in corporate Nigeria to boost recreation activities

Renowned Philanthropist and industrialist, Princess 'Layo Bakare- Okeowo, the Managing Director of FAE Limited and Mart Supermarket, has
urged corporate organizations in the country to allowed their staffers and workers to engage in sporting activities in a bid to develop recreational sports in at workplace.
Princess Bakare-Okeowo, made this known during an organized novelty football match between FAE Limited and The Mart Supermarket in Lagos as part of marking The Mart Supermarket's three years of existence in operation.
She lauded the role Sports activity plays in corporate organisations, alluding to the fact, that it developed good networking, togetherness and unity at workplace.
In deed, this year's football novelty
match was won by FAE Limited after defeating The Mart Supermarket by 4-2 scoreline at the end of regulation time.
Speaking in an interview with New Telegraph at the football novelty match venue in NIJ stadium complex, Ogba Lagos, the managing director of the companies explained that the reason behind this football novelty match today is to promotes cordial relationships, teamwork, team spirit, and others, saying exercise workout is a good exercise for human beings on its own.
According to her, "Today FAE Limited the largest envelope manufacturers in Nigeria and The Mart Supermarket, the number one grocery store in Ogba environs are having football novelty match to mark The third years of establishing The Mart Supermarket.
Speaking on the novelty match, Bakare-Okeowo stated, "Definitely, the Novelty Match has come to stay as part of the activities that we've lined up for the year, for example, The Mart, the Number one grocery store in Ogba has just clocked three years. And parts of our programmes that we have lined up is the Novelty Match. The first thing we did was to clean up Ogba and which almost everybody saw that is visible that all our staff, went through Ogunnusi road, went towards Wemco road, towards Thomas Salako and back into Odunsami Street and all our neighbors within Ogba community really appreciate what we did as a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)."
On why her companies organized the football novelty match, the industrialist said, "All jack no play makes Jack a dull boy! One; For us organizing this Novelty Match is to loosing up. Two; is to network. Three; is for healthy lifestyle because if they are healthy they would work properly and they will be a good asset for the company and in fact, again, they will reason properly. They will be a good asset for both the FAE and The Mart Supermarket."
On her scoreline prediction of the novelty match, Bakare-Okeowo explained, "I don't want to predict because both FAE Limited and The Mart Supermarket they are my children. So what we are doing today is in the spirit of fellowship in the spirit of togetherness, spirit of networking. "They are my children and I don't want to support anyone and I wish they best of luck and at the end of the match I want to give the cup to the champion. So I can sing "Stand Up For The Champion." "Stand Up."