Popular real estate company, Revolutionplus property development company is one of the sponsors of this year's Lagos City Marathon which was held on February 12, 2022. The Revolutionplus property ensured its brand was at the face of people throughout the event. There were thousands of souvenirs, gifts distributed among the crowd at the Eko Atlantic city where the grand finale of the event took place.
This year's event is the 7th edition and it
lived up to its billing, as other elite races across the world returned as a
full race with about 80,000 to 100,000 runners participants in the 42Km full marathon
and the 10Km fun run.
The 7th edition of the Access
Bank Lagos City Marathon 2022 was well attended by the great men/women in
society. Even the Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo Olu, was deeply
involved as he took part in the racing competition along with his deputy, Dr
Obafemi Hamzat. Also present was the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare and other
dignitaries.
One of the sponsors of the Lagos
City Marathon, REVOLUTIONPLUS PROPERTY. The company was ably represented by its
two bosses, Mr Bamidele Onalaja (GMD of the company ) and Mrs Tolulpe Onalaja
(GED of the company). Both the GMD Na GED were on stage and were involved in
the presentation of gifts and prizes to winners. They were also rewarded for
being a consistent sponsor and partner of the annual event. The company was
everywhere, making its presence felt in all the nooks and crannies of the
venue.
This is the 4th time the company
is sponsoring the event and their partnership was acknowledged and appreciated
by the organisers and governor Sanwo Olu.
The winner of this year's 30
thousand dollars is Geleta Ulfata. Geleta Ulfata from Ethiopia completed the
Access Bank Lagos City Marathon in a time of 2.11.58 to emerge winner of the
7th edition of the competition on Saturday.
Ulfata defeated other marathoners
to win the 42km race and will walk away with the grand prize of $30,000.
David Barmasai from Kenya
finished second in 2.13.27, while compatriot Naibe Emmanuel came third in
2.14.42
In the female category, Dagne
Siranesh Yirga of Ethiopia came first, fellow Ethiopian, Alemeneshi Hereha Guta
came second while Kenya’s Naomi Maiyo finished third.
Speaking at the event is Mr
Babajide Sanwo Olu, Lagos state governor. "Let me first congratulate all
Lagosians. All of us, sponsors and Mr Olopade who always want to be behind the
scene. He's the short man behind this initiative. He's a short man, very
cerebral and sports administrator per excellence, who has been the brain behind
this event"
Mr Sanwo, promises that the Lagos
state government will continue to be a partner of the event and we would make
sure it lives up to expectations. We have discussed with him (mr Olopade) that
very soon, in the next one year maximum, we have to get to the platinum level
and that's what we are planning to achieve and by the time we are celebrating
the 10th anniversary, we should be a platinum marathon and what that means is
that, every second weekend in February becomes a calendared event
globally. And it will become a place to
be for every athlete all over the world and if you are a sports enthusiast, it's
also a place to be. It opens up our economy.
And sport for us as a government has become one of our biggest rally
points for our youths. Sports know no boundary. You can see that many people
who won here today, the majority of them aren't Nigerians", he concluded.
Isaac abimbade (08155107955)
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