Preparations Hit Top Gear as 19th Oil and Gas Games Near

Athletes representing various companies in the 19th Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games have heightened preparations ahead of the competition kicking off from 21 to 27 April  2024 at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.

As a result, various teams currently in camps at different locations have started putting finishing touches and perfecting their plans for what promises to be a well attended showpiece.

Teams re-presenting NNPC, SHELL, TOTAL ENERGIES, NCDMB, NMDPRA, NUPRC, ARADEL, OANDO, SEPLAT, NLNG, CHEVRON, PTI  and EXXONMOBIL will vie for honours in thirteen sports including Athletics, Golf, Chess, Football, Table Tennis and Tennis.

Other sports to feature in the week-long event include Squash, Badminton, Swimming, Basketball, Volleyball, 8-Ball Pool and Scrabble.

Highpoints of the final day’s activities will be finals of the men and women’s 100 and 200 metres dash, the 4×100 metres relay and the final football match between NCDMB and NLNG.

The preliminaries of the football event took place at the Shell Residential Area, Port Harcourt in March.

NCDMB defeated NNPC 1-0 in a highly contested semi final duel while NLNG defeated NMDPRA 1-0 in the another last four matchup.

Meanwhile one of the stars to feature in the Table Tennis event for Team NCDMB, Joe Adebayor has since relocated to Lagos, training for long hours daily at the Knock-up hall, National stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

“We don’t want to take any chances. We hope to compete well and win medals for our company. That’s why I am training. hard,” Adebayor said.