{"id":441465,"date":"2011-06-15T08:23:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T08:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/15\/nigeria-mobil-ends-21-year-old-athletics-sponsorship\/"},"modified":"2011-06-15T08:23:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T08:23:18","slug":"nigeria-mobil-ends-21-year-old-athletics-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/15\/nigeria-mobil-ends-21-year-old-athletics-sponsorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Mobil Ends 21 Year Old Athletics Sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"26.598427673\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>15 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has pulled out of the sponsorship of the annual All Nigeria Open Athletics Champions with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by its Executive Director,Gloria Essien-Danner,Mobil did not state any reason for pulling out of the sponsorship of Athletic Federation of Nigeria&#8217;s flagship event but thanked the federation for the opportu nity it got with its joint venture partner,the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to contribute to the development of sports in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>RED-HOT &#8211; The new Warri tartan track where the Golden League final will take place.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads thus:The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) \/Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) joint ventures.confirms that effective 2011 it will no longer be the title sponsor of the Nigerian Track and Field Athletics Championship, which has become the foremost event for selecting Nigeria&#8217;s representatives to major international athletics championships.<\/p>\n<p>The joint venture in the 21 years that it sponsored the &#8216;Nigeria\/NNPC\/Mobil Track &#038; Field Championship contributed to the development of sports in Nigeria in keeping with its commitment to developing the youths of our country, and providing them with opportunities to contribute to national development and progress in various capacities.<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate the opportunity to sponsor AFN&#8217;s flagship property through the years and wish the association well in its endeavours.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106150288.html\" title=\"Nigeria: Mobil Ends 21 Year Old Athletics Sponsorship\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria: Mobil Ends 21 Year Old Athletics Sponsorship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 15 June 2011 Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has pulled out of the sponsorship of the annual All Nigeria Open Athletics Champions with immediate effect. In a statement signed by its Executive Director,Gloria Essien-Danner,Mobil did not state any reason for pulling out of the sponsorship of Athletic Federation of Nigeria&#8217;s flagship event but thanked the federation for the opportu nity it got with its joint venture partner,the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to contribute to the development of sports in Nigeria. RED-HOT &#8211; The new Warri tartan track where the Golden League final will take place. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria: Mobil Ends 21 Year Old Athletics Sponsorship - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/15\/nigeria-mobil-ends-21-year-old-athletics-sponsorship\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigeria: Mobil Ends 21 Year Old Athletics Sponsorship - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"15 June 2011 Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has pulled out of the sponsorship of the annual All Nigeria Open Athletics Champions with immediate effect. 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