{"id":71608,"date":"2020-02-10T19:41:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T18:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=71608"},"modified":"2020-02-11T22:19:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T21:19:59","slug":"access-bank-to-boost-tourism-with-lagos-city-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/access-bank-to-boost-tourism-with-lagos-city-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Bank To Boost Tourism With Lagos City Marathon\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>With the 2020 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon fast approaching, the headline sponsor and Africa\u2019s largest Bank in terms of retail size, Access Bank Plc has reiterated that its sponsorship of the race is geared towards improving the economic and social outlook of the state.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking about the marathon, the Group Managing Director Herbert Wigwe said: \u201cAs one of the leading banks in Nigeria and indeed Africa, it is imperative for us to support the economic and social development of the communities in which we operate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHence, we have sponsored the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon for five years to make Lagos State more attractive to tourists and foreign investors alike. We have also used this platform as an avenue to create more jobs and opportunities to thousands in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cTo ensure that the impact of the marathon, as felt in Lagos State, is duplicated and sustained, we have also begun sponsoring marathons and other sporting events across different states in Nigeria as highlighted by our sponsorship of the Abeokuta marathon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With over 100,000 participants recorded across the last two editions of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Wigwe said he expected the trend to continue as the marathon which has moved up from a\u00a0<em>Bronze Label<\/em>\u00a0to a\u00a0<em>Silver Label<\/em>, in less than five years after its maiden edition, continues to garner the respect of top international and local athletes alike.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition of the marathon billed for February 8 offers a cumulative prize of 500,000 USD to be won by contestants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the 2020 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon fast approaching, the headline sponsor and Africa\u2019s largest Bank in terms of retail size, Access Bank Plc has reiterated that its sponsorship&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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