Daily Trust Golf Tourney

Gathers Momentum
The one-day golf tournament being oraganised by Media Trust Limited, publishers of Daily Trust is generating a lot of interest among golfing stakeholders in the public and private sectors across the country.

Part of the excitement about the one-day tournament, scheduled to hold on Saturday, December 4, at the 18-hole Ibom Icon Golf Course in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, is the mouth-watering offer of a return ticket for a golfing weekend in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, for the top winners in the men and ladies’ categories.

Daily Trust, one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers is hosting a one-day Golf Tournament, which is expected to see about 120 amateur golfers converging on the challenging course of Ibom Icon Hotel and Golf Resort.

According to the General Manager, Business and Strategy, Daily Trust, Ahmed Shekarau, the tournament will accommodate the crème of Nigeria’s golf players, captains of industry and special guests for a weekend of exciting golf while promoting national unity.

“We made the conscious decision to promote the game of golf through the Daily Trust Golf Tournament, because golf’s growing popularity among Nigeria’s prime movers has elevated the sport to a strategic meeting point for the elite class”, Shekarau said.

He further stated that, “Golf creates the opportunity for business networking and therefore serves as an ideal course to enhance the drive for unity of purpose by citizens, especially at this challenging period for our country.

He disclosed that numerous golf promoters from the public and private sectors have signified their interests in partnering with Daily Trust towards putting together a successful tournament, come December 4, this year.
He disclosed further that several golfers from Benin, Enugu, Kano, Port Harcourt, Abuja, Kaduna, Katsina and Lagos have either paid their entry fees or made commitments on their readiness to be part of the one-day tourney.

He said a lot of the golfers are excited by the prospects of winning the star prize in this tournament. The star prize for both the men and the ladies’ winner, is an all-expenses-paid golfing weekend in Kigali, Rwanda; 3-night stay in a 5-star hotel in Kigali; 2-rounds of golf at the Premier 18-hole Kigali Golf Club and a business class round-trip on Abuja-Kigali ticket on Rwanda Air.
The Daily Trust tourney amateur tournament debuted in 2018.