Yemisi Izuora
The Nigeria Football Federation and WAPIC Insurance Plc at the weekend in Lagos signed an agreement that conferred on the insurance giant the title of “Official Insurance Services Provider and Co-Sponsor of the NFF.”
The NFF President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, expressed his delight and that of the Federation with the contract, “which now provides excellent safety and security for our active National Team players and officials while on duty and offers a well-paved route for them to have a better future through proper pension fund.
“WAPIC, like the present NFF, is an organization driven by positive vision. WAPIC aims to emerge as a Top 2 full service West African insurance company while the NFF, through its Goal Project, wants to build mini-secretariats and football fields in all States and the FCT and build a sustainable football culture in the country. It is a union of two companies with positive energy.”
The Managing Director of WAPIC Insurance Plc, Yinka Adekoya, affirmed that the company was excited to team up with Nigerian Football, given the huge role that football plays in nation-building and the excitement that it generates among the youth and adults alike.
Adekoya said: “The NFF is an organization that is making Nigeria proud through the excellent results of the National Teams and WAPIC is a top financial institution seeking to be the most enjoyable company to do business with and to become a top 20 financial services institution in Nigeria by 2019.”
NFF’s 2nd Vice President/Chairman of Marketing, Sponsorship and TV Rights Committee, Shehu Dikko, explained that the contract is for five years in the initial with an option of renewal, and will cost the insurance outfit close to N100 million every year.