ND Western Limited, an indigenous oil and gas company and a pioneer lead
sponsor of Making of Champion’s Student-Athlete
Scholarship to produce Nigerian
Champions has announced
a full US collegiate scholarship recipient for one of its student athletes. The
five-year partnership between ND Western and Making of Champions (MoC) has
awarded Student-Athlete
Scholarships at both Secondary School and University in Nigeria, as well as
sponsoring talent search competitions which have discovered current and future
stars athlete for Nigeria
Founded in 2013, Making
of Champions Limited, is
a Sports Media &
Management Company that was set up to elevate the profile
and performance of Sports in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. The
company is dedicated to maximising the potential that sports has to
bring the country, and the continent on a whole, together.
Based
on her incredible potential, the promising teenage athlete Maria Umoibang has
been awarded the US Collegiate Scholarship at South Plains College in Texas. This
would not have been possible without ND Western’s “Pre-Collegiate Scholarship”.
The scholarship paid for her tuition, training, physiotherapy, apparel, gym, transport,
and dietary support, as well as covering all her US visa processing expenses
and even her flight to USA to start her new life as a Collegiate
Student-Athlete! Maria was trained by Olympic Medalist & MoC Head Coach Deji
Aliu, she was the fastest 15-year-old in Nigeria in 2020, before becoming one
of the youngest athletes ever to contest the 100m Final at Nigeria’s Olympic
Trials at the age of 16 in 2021.
Speaking at the official announcement, Head
of Commercial, Sunday Okunbor said: “ND Western is
committed to investing in the next generation and Making of Champions has been
a good partner in ensuring young talents can live their dreams. Sustainable
development is fundamental to our operations hence, we stay true to our Environmental, Social and Governance, ensuring both work in tandem to enable
us to contribute our quota in achieving a better society and in extension, a
brighter future for nations with our footprint.”
Bambo Akani the CEO/ Founder of MoC
commended ND Western for working with MoC since 2017, a partnership he said has
yielded great results. “We are excited about our partnership with ND Western as
there is a need to encourage and support the pool of talents. The partnership
is in line with our mission to raise champions for Nigeria and ND Western has
displayed how truly it powers the nation by creating champions in the classroom
and on the track. We are also optimistic that Maria and other beneficiaries
will be recognized champions in Nigeria and the world.
“I can’t thank you enough, you are
indeed family. It has been my dream to make my family proud, and you have put
me on the right track to achieve this”, said Maria Umoibang.
Maria assured that she would live up to expectations as she begins another
phase of her life.
ND Western’s partnership with MoC dates back to 2017 -- the
Student-Athlete Scholarship is the first of its kind in Nigeria, awarding full
Scholarships to talented teenagers in Nigerian Secondary Schools and
Universities, many of whom have gone on to win National, Continental and Global
medals, with several recipients earning US Collegiate Scholarships worth over
$1 million combined to date.
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