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Article: Lagos to host maiden West Africa Banks, Insurance Games
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 5, 2007
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Lagos to host maiden West Africa Banks, Insurance Games
LAGOS, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Lagos beat Abeokuta and Abuja as host of
the maiden edition of the West Africa Banks and Financial Institution
Games (WABFISA) because of the desired publicity and creation of
awareness Lagos would engender for the games, official said here on
Monday.
Tunde Popoola, WABFISA President, said the games under the
auspices of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa zone 3 would run
from June 22 to June 30.
"We the organizers want instant acceptance and popularity for the
games and we had decided to stage the maiden edition in Nigeria,"
Popoola said.
"The games are ...