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Team Integrity Emerges Champion of 13th Edition of NNPC Sports Fiesta
Joel Ajayi
Team Integrity has emerged as the overall winner of the 13th NNPC Limited Sports Fiesta tagged “Abuja 2024”, which held at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium,
Abuja.
The team pocketed 21 gold, 15 silver and 18 bronze medals to emerge the best team, while Team Sustainability secured 17 gold, 21 silver and 21 bronze medals to finish as runner up.
Team Excellence garnered 17 gold, 18 silver: and 22 bronze to place third.
They competed in 13 events including football, basketball, volleyball, chess, squash, scrabble, 8-ball pool, golf, tennis, table tennis, badminton, swimming and athletics.
In her closing remarks, the NNPC Ltd.’s Head of Human Capital Management (HCM), Ifeyinwa Mojo-Eyes, said that the sports fiesta demonstrated the company’s recognition that a healthy workforce is the bedrock of a productive and innovative organisation.
According to her, the fiesta, a vibrant celebration of Athleticism and camaraderie, offers an unparalleled opportunity for NNPC Ltd. to foster team spirit.
“It enhances interpersonal bonds and promotes a culture of health and fitness within our company and a way of reaching out to our external stakeholders.
“Moreover, this event stands as a testament to our company’s commitment to holistic employee welfare.
“In a World where the lines between work and life are increasingly blurred, NNPC Limited’s dedication to creating avenues for physical and mental rejuvenation is commendable,” she said.
She also said that each goal scored, each lap completed and each game played contributed not just to our personal health but to the strengthening of our unity and the enhancement of NNPC’s corporate identity.
“The theme of this year’s biennial event, “Healthy Workforce”, resonates profoundly with our company’s core values and overarching goals.
“This has emphasized the link between physical well-being and professional efficacy; a principle that is pivotal to our success both as individuals and as a collective,” she said.
Also speaking, the Executive Vice-President, Business Services, NNPC Ltd., Danladi Inuwa, said that the healthy workforce and productive organisation, echoed management’s commitment to fostering a healthy, motivated and committed workforce.
This, he said, was in pursuit of high performance, excellence and overall operational and commercial productivity.
“In restructuring the competition towards more efficiency, we have also collapsed the six locations where our business is based into three strategic zones.
“These three zones represent our core values of integrity, Excellence and sustainability.”
The reports that a novelty match was played during the events between selected players of former Super Eagles, led by Austin Okocha and the NNPC selected side.
The match ended 2-1 in favour of the ex-Super Eagles stars which had the likes of Tijani Babangida, Daniel Omokachi, Sunday Mba, Emmanuel Emenike, Garba Lawal and Goalkeeper, Alloy Agu
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VIP Spikers unveil Veronica Gyamfi following successful surgery after career-threatening injury
VIP Spikers have unveiled Veronica Gyamfi as their player, pledging to support her welfare and recovery after an injury sustained during last season’s CGC Volleyball Premier League.
The unveiling took place on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, with Samuel Onikeku, Head of Sports, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), performing the ceremony.
Gyamfi sustained the injury while representing Wikki during last season’s CGC Volleyball Premier League.
In a swift response, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Dr Bashir Adewale Adeniyi (MFR), and the President of Vipers sponsored her surgery at Dala Orthopedic Hospital in Kano, where she spent two weeks receiving medical attention.
Her signing by Vipers and Partners VC, popularly known as VIP Spikers, is expected to provide her with continued care and support as she progresses through recovery and works towards returning to competitive volleyball.
Meanwhile, Gyamfi was presented a brand new ASICS canvas and a branded jersey of VIP Spikers as it is believed she would return to play after completing her rehabilitation.
The intervention reflects the importance of athlete welfare in Nigerian sports, particularly the need to ensure that players who sustain injuries while representing their teams receive appropriate medical attention and rehabilitation support.
The sponsorship of Gyamfi’s surgery by the Comptroller-General, followed by her signing by VIP Spikers, highlights the potential impact of collaboration between sports authorities, competition sponsors and clubs in safeguarding athletes’ careers.
After the surgery Gyamfi has been undergoing physiotherapy sessions at the 44 Military Reference hospital in Kaduna as the Sporting Club is supporting her education at Kaduna State Polytechnic.
Gyamfi’s story offers an encouraging example of support for an athlete facing a difficult period in her career.
Her unveiling reinforces the message that volleyball development goes beyond competitions and trophies to include protecting players’ welfare and helping them return to the sport they love.
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