Teams from Bayelsa and Rivers States set Enugu , the coal city  agog  when they emerged champions in the girls and boys categories respectively at the Equatorial Conference of the 22nd Milo Secondary Schools

Basketball Championship recently .

St. Jude’s Girls Secondary School, Amarata, Bayelsa State defeated Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School, Azu-Ebonyi, Ebonyi State 43 to 6 in a one-sided match, while in a nail-biting encounter, the boys from King Amachree Academy, Port Harcourt, Rivers State defeated their counterparts from Bishop Dimieari

Grammar School, Obom, Bayelsa State 30 to 20 in the boys category.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 3rd in the four series Conferences held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu, Category Manager for Beverages, Nestlé

Nigeria, Mr. Olutayo Olatunji said, “We are delighted that the MILO Secondary Schools Basketball Championship is back after a break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 At MILO, we believe that sports provide a platform to teach children

grit and help them imbibe values on their journey to success in life. This is why we have been committed to the MILO Secondary Schools Basketball Championship in Nigeria since 1999.”

“The MILO Secondary Schools Basketball Championship will continue to provide the opportunities for developing qualities including leadership skills, ability to work in a team, perseverance, courage, self-belief, and respect in these young ones