Wapic Insurance Sponsors Lagos International Polo Tournament
Wapic Insurance Plc has positioned itself to sponsor and provide comprehensive insurance cover to various sporting groups in the country.
The company is among the sponsors of 2018 Lagos International Polo Tournament scheduled between February 14th and 25th, 2018.
Wapic Insurance, barely a month ago, signed a partnership agreement with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to undertake the comprehensive insurances of all its assets. According to the organisers of the 2018 Lagos International Polo Tournament, Lagos Polo Club, this year’s edition of the tournament which promises all the thrills, sophistication prestige and un compromised style that have become synonymous with the event annually held in Lagos is being sponsored by 13 corporate organisations from different sectors of the economic including Wapic Insurance.
The company, according to the Lagos Polo Tournament Manager Seyi Oyinlola, is not only one of the sponsors of the tournament also the official insurer of the tournament.
According to him, the company is providing full insurance cover for the tournament including the insurance cover for the players themselves.
He said there are four main cups being contested for in the tournament namely Silver cup, open cup, Lagos low cup and Majekodunmi cup.
He also said the year’s tournament has four select cup namely char gory bowl, which competition is scheduled for February 18th,Oba of Lagos cup scheduled for February 17th,Italian Ambassador’s cup scheduled for February 22nd and Churchward plate scheduled for February 25th
According to him, Wapic insurance, is sponsoring the silver cup category to be contested by two leagues - league one and league two.
He said participants in the league one sponsored by the company include Ibadan Jericho, Kano BUA, Lagos Statabase, Lagos Alchemy, Kano Hago, PH Stratabase, Lagos RCF and Lagos Lameana.
Participants in league two include Lagos Anglestone, Ibadan Eleyele, Lagos Aragon, Lagos United, Lagos NRT and Kaduna Dattaku.He listed other sponsors of the tournament as Guarantee Trust Bank,Coca Cola, Snepco, Wapic, Metro Capital, Chapehill,Denhill Denham,Arbico, verve Cliquot,Balmoral, Elepher, Od Mutual and Bell Oil&Gas as well as SAF and Reack Centre.
Commenting on her company’s sponsorship of the tournament, chief Managing Director of Wapic Adeyinka Adekoya, said with the company throwing its weight behind the 2018 edition of the Lagos International Polo tournament opening ,the Wapic Insurance brand has signaled undiluted love for the game of Polo for the second consecutive year.
“This year’s edition of the celebrated polo tournament, which will see high–profile clubs from across the country competing for the Silver Cup exclusively sponsored by Wapic Insurance, is anticipated to be remembered as the most exciting polo competition in 2018, just as the 2017 edition sponsored by the company remained on the lips of polo enthusiasts for a long time.
“As an acclaimed risk insurer, Wapic Insurance’s sponsorship of the Lagos International Polo Tournament is a metaphor for our place in everyone’s life and role as a mitigant in every human endeavour.”