FIRS donates 5,000 jerseys, exercise books for Offa sports project
Takes partner status on celebrity endorsement card
Nigeria’s
next generation of athletes will have more to celebrate as the Federal
Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has pledged to be of support to the
processes to take the nation’s podium success in sports to the higher
realm.
Mr.
Babatunde Fowler, the Executive Chairman, while receiving the
management team of the Basic Olympic Opportunity Sports Training (BOOST)
in his office in Abuja, Wednesday, said, “it is our joy to partner with
your team towards the upliftment of children in different communities
in the nation. Our support here will produce children and youths who
appreciate if they pay their taxes, there will be more money to support
their ilks.”
He
praised the former athletes who have come together in the bid to give
back to the society that produced them and for also considering to visit
the FIRS.
Mr.
Fowler approved to have the FIRS logo on the celebrity endorsement
card, branding of 5,000 jerseys to be used in the Offa and Jos centres
as well as the 5,000 exercise and comic books to support the children
and their parents.
Speaking
earlier, Chief Mary Onyali had requested for the FIRS to activate their
corporate support for the project which is aimed at bringing about one
million children into sports from the communities within the next four
years.
Eleven
of us former athletes brought to fruition the project to clone better,
bigger and more successful younger generation than all of us when we
were competing. The children must aspire to excel in sports and
academics.
Present at the event included the Chief Executive of the project, Mr Olajide Fashikun and Oluwole Francis.
Source: Awijare
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