Pomp as 2019 Total Charity Golf Tournament ends

Our Reporter

THE Managing Director and Chief Executive of Total E&P Nigeria Ltd, Mike Sangster, says his organisation was committed to supporting sports and using the same to promote charity in Nigeria.

Sangster made the assertion during the closing of the  2019 Total Charity Golf Tournament held at Ikoyi Club 1938, where two Non-Governmental Organisations were given Cheques of N1 million each to support their programmes.

He commended the participants in the tournament, noting that the event was for Golf competition and a platform to raise money for charity as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives by the company to support the disadvantaged in Nigeria.

The Managing Director said that they had leveraged this sport platform to help the weak and vulnerable in the society, adding that the 24th edition chose the two NGOs due to programmes that were having positive impact on the society.

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The NGOs, according to Sangster are Paroche Outreach Foundation that created campaign against substances usage/abuse/addiction, and to bring about the desired and unprecedented post-rehabilitation care for those struggling with any kind of addiction.

He said the second NGO, the Nigerwives Braille Book Production Centre, an NGO set up by foreign women married to Nigerians providing educational materials for the visually impaired primary, secondary and tertiary students.

The Deputy Managing Director, Deep Waters, Total E&P Nigeria Ltd, Ahmadu-Kida Musa, said that the organisation had been involved in supporting many sporting events in Nigeria, including national leagues.

Musa said that Total decided to support sporting events in Nigeria because of its unifying factor to the people of Nigeria.