Renowned Philanthropist and industrialist, Princess Layo Bakare Okeowo, the Managing Director of FAE Limited and Mart Supermarket, has urged corporate organizations, mostly manufacturing companies to create time for sporting activities for their staff, in a bid to develop recreational sports in the country.
Okeowo made this known during an organized novelty football match between FAE Limited and the Mart Supermarket in Lagos recently.
Interestingly, the match ended 6-5 in favour of the Mart, after one goal stalemate at the end of regulation time and the match being decided by penalties shoot out, with FAE Limited player losing a penalty.
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She explained that the reason behind this novelty match today was teamwork and team building, adding it’s also good to do exercise because exercise is medicine on its own.
She said: “Considering the nature of work my workers do, we just have to organise this novelty match to make sure that the balance is there for sporting recreation and work.”
On her advice to other corporate organizations, Okeowo said: “Well, my advice is that we don’t have to be selfish as owners of organizations and we should not be thinking of money, money always and all times. We also need to create time for exercise even though, if our staff are not thinking about it, but we as a management should think about it for recreation for our staff.”