Nestlé MILO Basketball Cha
mpionship 2023: Lagos Wins Western Conference
Topfield College, Ajegunle, Lagos State has won both the girls’and boys’categories
in the Western Conference of the 23rd MILO Secondary Schools Basketball
Championshipheldon Monday June 5, 2023 at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Lekan
Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan.
In the girls’category of the championship,Topfield College, Ajegunle, Lagos State
defeated their counterparts from Kings International College, Moniya, Ibadan Oyo
State by 36points to 30points in a keenly contested encounter. The boys from
Topfield College, Ajegunle, Lagos State, following the footsteps of their female
counterparts,defeated the boys from Adedokun International School, Ota, Ogun
State by 48points to 17points in a one-sided game.
The coach of Topfield College, Ajegunle, Lagos,Mr. Godswill Anukaku said “It is a
great privilege to come here and play on this platform. So, I feel very happy and proud
that we are moving to the nationals in Lagos, just as we did last year. we won in the
conference here but did not really perform to the best of our abilities in the nationals,
where we finished in third place. But,I assure youthat this year, we are going to the
nationals to come first in both the boys and girls categories.”
The Permanent Secretary of the Oyo State Ministry of Education, Scienceand
Technology, Mrs. C. A. Abioye thanked Nestlé for their invaluable support over the
years. She also called on other corporate bodies to follow their footsteps by
supporting school sports.
Speaking further,Mrs. Abioye said,“The Oyo State Government is leaving no stone
unturned to ensurethat Sports is taken to higher heights. One of such