SA Insurance gets kudos for golf competition sponsorship

Chuks Udo Okonta

　

Standard Alliance Insurance Plc, has received kudos for sponsoring the 2013 Charity Golf Tournament organised by the Daniel Ogechi Akujobi Memorial Foundation at the Ikoyi Club 1930 in Lagos.

The Foundation’s Programme Manager, Mrs. Clare Henshaw, while commending the firm, said: "We recognize the impeccable reputation of Standard Alliance Insurance Plc in promoting sports in Nigeria and are convinced that through your continued support, we will weave a tapestry of hope for the less privileged members in the society."

Managing Director of the underwriting firm Tom Imokhai, said "As a corporate citizen with high respect for social responsibility, we see it as an honour on us to support programmes of this sort which aim at giving back to the society.

"It is the society that has ensured our continued success through their patronage. It was, therefore, not out of place to give the support we could to the Foundation which has been doing much to affect the lives of the very needy in our midst."

In the same vein, Standard Alliance Insurance Plc sponsored a ‘Hole in One" contest for players at the Le’ Meridien Golf Tournament which held last weekend at the Le’ Meridien Golf course at Uwanniba, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

The company’s Head of Corporate Communications, Nelson Egboboh, said the firm decided to add the excitement the tournament deserved by sparking up huge interest among golfers who never wanted to attend the tournament before.

"Eventually became the main attraction to players who participated in the tournament as they competed to pick the N1m money-prize,"he said.

It could be recalled that the company did a similar thing at the MicCom Golf Tournament at Ada, Osun State with a Toyota Corolla as prize.