OKENE CITY MARATHON RACE 2016

(RACING FOR THE ACTUALIZATION OF AJAOKUTA STEEL COMPLEX AND NIOMCO)!!!

Pursuant to  one of her objectives of encouraging sporting activities for recreational and vocational purposes for the empowerment of our youths, EYC, a coalition of youth Clubs and Associations in KCSD, hereby brings to you, the aforementioned race project.

Besides all the attendant health and socioeconomic benefits of the marathon race to our community, mobilizing massive public support for the actualization of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) and National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) projects remains a critical objective of the Okene City Marathon Race Project.

The race Programme is designed to offer a special platform for the people of the Host Community to bring to bear, our support to our dear president Muhammadu Buhari and our amiable governor of the host State (Kogi), Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in their restorative efforts at bringing the steel companies to fruition.

The support of all towards the success this Race Fiesta is earnestly solicited!!!

Signed: Comrade Ismaila Mohammed, National P.S. lll.
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RACE CONCEPT OUTLAY!!!

OKENE CITY MARATHON RACE (OKENE 2016),

CONCEPTUAL OUTLAY / PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Okene City Marathon Race constitutes a component unit game in the Kogi Central Senatorial District Annual  Sport Programme whose maiden edition held in 2014, commencing with the Kogi Central Football League( the league featured 30 viable football clubs from across the 5 LGAs in Central with over 60 matches played).

The entire sports compendium draws its institutional framework from Article '2', Section 'D', Subsection 'ii' of the Charter/constitution wherein: "Encourage Sporting Activities for Recreational and Vocational Purposes".

2. RACE PROJECT OBJECTIVES: In addition to keeping our youths productively engaged with all the health and economic benefits the race offers, the OCMR 2016 is also poised to set to earnestly pursue the following objectives:

A. To mobilize massive public support for completion of ASLC and NIOMCO;

B. To promote value reorientation in the land;

C. To empower, at least, 3 persons into small scale enterprises for self-reliance with various prizes;

D. To further launder the image of Kogi Central Senatorial District;

We are strongly convinced that these objectives will go a long way in keeping social vice at bay.

3. ORGANIZER: EYC with possible collaborations with;

A. Nigeria Police Force(NPF);

B. Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC);

C. Nigerian Medical Association (NMA);

D. Tao Radio (101.9 FM);

E. Afims Hotels Limited(AHL);

F. Ebira Renaissance Group (ERG).

4. PARTICIPANTS: participation is opened to all well-meaning Nigerians who must be residents of Kogi State.

5. DISTANCE: 20 kilometers (being a maiden edition)

6. PRIZES:
a. 1st prize N300.000, b.  2nd prize N200.000k c. 3rd prize N100.000
Positions 4th - 10th receives consolation prizes of N10.000 each. 

7. REGISTRATION:
registration form costs a N1000k

8. DATE:  2/12/2016 for pre-race orientation/seminal, &
3/12 /2016 for race proper.

Form collection points:
Call any of the following numbers to obtain your form:

07063602848
07033024360
08068701040
08036539157
09075817472
09032586598
08064806994

Registration closes 18/11/2016

Signed: Mall. Alfa Jimoh Yusuf, Chairman, LOC.