Tinubu, govs, others to attend 2024 Lagos Polo Finalepolo
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected as the Special Guest of Honour at the grand finale of the ongoing 2024 Lagos International polo Tournament which climax today at the foremost Ribadu Road Polo Ground in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Asiwaju Tinubu is expected to lead a highpowered delegation that will include governors, members of the National Assembly and traditional rulers to the international event that featured top professional players from Africa, Europe, Argentina and Nigeria.
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Lagos Polo Club who disclosed this, stated that the President’s visit to the polo finale follows on a long tradition of having all former Heads of State and president witnessing the Lagos fiesta since Nigerian Independence in 1960.
“Yes we are expecting
President Tinubu as the Special Guest of Honour on Sunday for the finals and closing ceremony of our 2024 tournament that is hosted to celebrate 120 years of polo in Lagos, and we are all thrill to having the President leading other top dignitaries to our final on Sunday,” the Lagos chieftain added. Tinubu who has been a passionate polo buff, having been special guest at the prestigious fiesta in the recent past, would witness the Silver Cup final and is expected to present prizes to the winners, before heading back to Abuja.
The Nigeria’s premier polo tournament which galloped off January 23, with 39 teams drawn from all the major polo centers across the country, has seen Lagos based teams sweeping all the major prizes at stake, and from all indications the stakes are in favour of another victory for Lagos in today’s Silver Cup final.