Nestlé MILO Basketball Championship 2023: Savannah Conference lights up Kano
Government Day Science Secondary School Jalingo in Taraba State and General Murtala Mohammed College, Yola, in Adamawa State, won in the boys’ and girls’ categories, respectively at the first regional conference of the 23rd MILO Secondary Schools Basketball Championship.
Nestlé Nigeria’s MILO Secondary School Basketball Championship has been promoting the value of grit for over 23 years, helping schoolchildren learn essential life skills such as resilience, persistence, stamina, cooperation, and self-belief. These values enable them to overcome challenges and achieve their goals in life.
At the recently concluded Savannah Conference, Government Day Science Secondary School Jalingo, won in the girls’ category by 19 points to 13 points, against Government Secondary School, Numan, Adamawa State. To win in the boys’ category, General Murtala Mohammed College Yola, scored 39 points against 24 points scored by Dutse Model International College, Dutse, Jigawa State.
Happy Sylvester from Government Day Science Secondary School Jalingo, Taraba State, was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament in the girls’ category. “I do not have words to say how I feel, but I am really, really excited. This is huge, and I never expected it, but with God all things are possible. I thank God, I thank MILO and I thank my teammates,” she said. Nestlé MILO Basketball Championship 2023: Savannah Conference lights up Kanobetween the 12th of May and the 6th of June 2023 at the national finals in July
2023.
The Central Conference will take place in Abuja, the FCT from 12th – 19th of May
2022.
From just a few schools at its commencement in 1999, MILO Secondary School
Basketball championship reaches over 150,000 individual players from over
10,000 schools across Nigeria every year
Picture MBC 2023 SC 1: Funmilola Oyewole – Category Development Manager Beverages at Nestlé Nigeria PLC delivering the welcome address during the finale of the Savannah Conference of the 23rd MILO Basketball Championship at the Indoor Hall of the Sanni Abacha stadium Kano on May 9, 2023.
Picture MBC 2023 SC 2: Players and officials of General Murtala Mohammed College Yola, Adamawa State receiving their trophy and MILO gifts from Rtd. Col. Sam Ahmedu, president of FIBA Africa Zone 3, Malam Haruna Mohammed Director of Special Duties representing the Kano State Commissioner for Education Alhaji Ya’u Abdulahi Yanshana, Funmilola Oyewole – Category Development Manager Beverages at Nestlé Nigeria PLC after winning the boys’ category of the Savannah Conference of the 23rd MILO Basketball Championship at the Indoor Hall of the Sanni Abacha stadium Kano on May 9, 2023.
