All the 12 participating teams in both the Boys and Girls categories of this year’s national finals of the Nestle Milo Secondary Schools Basketball Championship are expected to arrive Lagos this weekend.
According to the organisers, Monday, August 11 has been set aside as the last date for arrival by the teams as the championship dunks off on Tuesday, August 12 at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
“All things being equal, we expect all the teams to have arrived Lagos latest by Monday, August 11 as the championship dunks off on Tuesday, August 12 with the closing ceremony on Saturday, August 16 and departure on Sunday, August 17,” said an official of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).
All the participating schools at this year’s national finals in the girls category are: Girls Government Secondary School, Numan, Adamawa State; Jesus College, Benue State; West End Mixed Secondary School, Delta State; Yejide Girls Grammar School, Ibadan, Oyo State; C.A.C Grammar School, Akure, Ondo State and St. Jude’s Girls Secondary School, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
In the boys category are General Murtal College, Yola, Adamawa State; Government Secondary School, Gboko, Benue State; St. Augustine’s Seminary, Ezzangbo, Ebonyi State; Henson Demonstration Secondary School, Edo State; Ilupeju Senior Secondary School, Ilupeji, Lagos State and Osadenis High School, Asaba, Delta State.
The first placed teams in both the boys and girls categories will go home with the championship trophy and N150, 000 prize money each while the second and third placed teams will take home N120, 000 and N100, 000 respectively.
There will also be individual prizes for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in both categories as well as the Best Behaved teams with lots of Nestle Milo products for all the participating teams and certificates of participation.