Premium Pension Limited Emerges Winner Of 2021 PFA Games
Premium Pension Limited Football team with the trophy they won during the the Competition in the middle are the MD & CEO Mr. Umar Sanda Mairami and Executive Director Operations & Services Mr. Sadi Abdu.
Premium Pension Limited (PPL) Team has emerged winner of the 2021 edition of the annual Inter Pension Fund Administrators games organized by Abuja-based Turf Arena Sport Centre after defeating TrustFund Pensions team 1-0 in the final.
The sporting fiesta which featured various sporting activities such as seven – aside Football, table tennis, Chess, scrabble and Team bonding, commenced on Thursday 9 December and rounded up with a grand finale on Saturday 11 December 2021.
The three days sporting event which took place recently at River Plate Park in Abuja, according to organizers “is aimed at fostering cordial relationship and building friendly network amongst the Pension Fund Administrators.”
Participants at the keenly contested sporting events included Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Premium Pension Limited, TrustFund Pensions Limited, APT Pension Fund Managers Limited, Nigerian University Pension Management Company (NUPEMCO) and IEI Anchor Pension Managers Limited.
Premium Pension Limited Football team with the trophy
At the grand finale, Premium Pension Limited team was announced the overall winner with 90 points in the five events contested in.
Premium Pension Football Team emerged winner of the star event the Seven-a-side football competition after defeating TrustFund Pensions Limited’s team 1-0 in the final.
During the preliminary matches, Premium Pension Limited team scored 1-0 against APT Pension Fund Managers Limited, defeated Nigerian University Pension Management Company (NUPEMCO) team 4-0 and drew 0-0 with IEI Anchor Pension Managers Limited’s team.
Speaking with our correspondent at the closing ceremony, the highly elated Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Premium Pension Limited, Mr. Umar Sanda Mairami, congratulated Team Premium Pension for emerging the overall winner of the competition, most especially for winning the star event – seven – aside football competition.
While commending the PFAs that participated in the competitions for the exhibition of spirit of sportsmanship throughout the fiesta, he implored all to live healthy while being careful of the COVID 19 pandemic.
Also speaking on the performance of Premium Pension Team, the Executive Director Operations and Services Mr. Sadi Abdu and Head of Strategy Department Mr. Yusuf Ismail both of Premium Pension Limited, expressed excitement on the performance of the Team.
Premium Pension Limited Football team after the Final Match
The Head Coach of PPL football team Mr. Silas Anji, while commenting on the benefits of participating in the competition said “the purpose of participation in the annual sporting event is sharpening of skills, improving stamina and mental ability of the participating PFA teams to justify the saying that “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy”.”
During the Seven-a-side football competition, Premium Pension Team was adjudged the most technical team for playing five matches without conceding any goal; PPL team led by its captain Mr. Christian Onuoha also produced Mr. Adekunle Makanjuola as the highest goal scorer in the football competition, just as Mr. Musa Mohammed Makarfi also from PPL team was honoured as the Most Valuable Player of the competition.
The Seven -a-side football is a variation football played on a smaller enclosed pitch, with each team fielding seven players, requiring quick thinking, creative solutions and intense movement exercise, which improve fitness.
