It was an awesome day for students and staff of Kings College(Lagos) when Habeeb Rabiu, an SS2 student of the school won N1,000,000 from Stanbic IBTC Bank for emerging overall winner of the 1st
Annual City of Lagos Monopoly Tournament, organised by Bestman Games.
The tournament saw students of Kings College and Queens College, Lagos, lock horns to produce the finalists. While Rabiu went home with N1m, the 1st runner-up, Daniel Oyeduntan, SS2 student of Kings College and the 2nd runner-up, Akpanuwa Udeme, SS1 student of Queens College, went home with N100,000 and N50,000 respectively.
Present at the tournament were the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; former Petroleum Minister, Odein Ajumogobia; CEO, Stanbic IBTC, Sola David-Borha; Head, Business Development, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Ltd, Nike Bajomo; Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications, First Bank Nigeria Plc, Victoria Onwubiko and CEO, Bestman Games, Mrs. Nimi Akinkugbe.
Lauding the organisers and sponsors of the tournament for the initiative, the CBN Governor noted that it was a right step in the right direction.
“This tournament is a unique way of encouraging connection with financial managers. It’s laudable as is aimed at targeting young boys and girls, trying to get them at the very early age to understand the importance of financial management and personal finances. So, this is an initiative that is in the right step with the objectives of the Central Bank.”
Presenting Rabiu with the cheque, Sola David-Borha, an old girl of Queens College, said; “Monopoly encourages hard work and investment amongst players, and I encourage all of you to imbibe in your growing up, the financial skills acquired through this game.
The tournament saw students of Kings College and Queens College, Lagos, lock horns to produce the finalists. While Rabiu went home with N1m, the 1st runner-up, Daniel Oyeduntan, SS2 student of Kings College and the 2nd runner-up, Akpanuwa Udeme, SS1 student of Queens College, went home with N100,000 and N50,000 respectively.
Present at the tournament were the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; former Petroleum Minister, Odein Ajumogobia; CEO, Stanbic IBTC, Sola David-Borha; Head, Business Development, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Ltd, Nike Bajomo; Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications, First Bank Nigeria Plc, Victoria Onwubiko and CEO, Bestman Games, Mrs. Nimi Akinkugbe.
Lauding the organisers and sponsors of the tournament for the initiative, the CBN Governor noted that it was a right step in the right direction.
“This tournament is a unique way of encouraging connection with financial managers. It’s laudable as is aimed at targeting young boys and girls, trying to get them at the very early age to understand the importance of financial management and personal finances. So, this is an initiative that is in the right step with the objectives of the Central Bank.”
Presenting Rabiu with the cheque, Sola David-Borha, an old girl of Queens College, said; “Monopoly encourages hard work and investment amongst players, and I encourage all of you to imbibe in your growing up, the financial skills acquired through this game.
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