Blessing Okagbare, Nigeria’s queen of the track and Africa’s fastest woman has been named First Bank of Nigeria’s Brand Ambassador. With a large collection of medals in track and field events, she embodies the strong qualities of resilience and excellence; a reflection of FirstBank’s brand promise to always deliver the gold standard of value and excellence to its teeming customers. FirstBank’s endorsement of Okagbare reinforces the bank’s core values of Passion, Partnership and People while it also underpins its stance to collaborate with stakeholders to provide support in all aspects of their lives.
The bank is pleased to associate with Blessing’s qualities and achievements and is proud to present her as a model of hard work and exploits to the youth.
Blessing’s honors include World ranked No.1 in 100metres in the IAAF Diamond League, Shangai (May 2015), All Africa Gold Medalist, African record holder for 100m with the fastest time of 10.79 and she is currently the world ranked No.1 in women’s long jump. It is also worthy of note that her success story began at age 19, when she won the bronze medal in the long jump event at 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
According to FirstBank’s spokesperson, Folake Ani-Mumuney, the bank is pleased with the endorsement of Blessing as this is a further testament to its support for youth empowerment. “We are particularly proud of Blessing’s feats in Africa and the globe at large and we were her proud promoters during the 2012 London Olympics. We are optimistic that this endorsement will inspire our youth towards the achievement of their dreams” she said.
In her response, Okagbare said she was excited to be working with FirstBank. “FirstBank is an iconic brand and an international institution with a proud heritage and pedigree of national development especially in the areas of sports and talent building.
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