Alh. AWA Ibraheem has made a donation of a brand new 375 Mercy Ferguson Tractor, worth Thirty- Five million Naira to Ilorin golf club on Thursday, promising to stage a Pro-Am Open golf championship to be tagged ICMA Pro-Am Open on the straight 18 holes course of ilorin golf club before the end of the year.
The Chairman of ICMA Profesional Services described the gesture as giving back to his community. The Offa-born philanthropist had earlier in 2015 donated a similar brand of Tractor to the club during the Captaincy of Mallam Faruk Ismail.
According to the donor, there is nothing too much to give towards the development of golf in the country, as his impressed with the current situation of the course, he has decided to throw his weight behind Ilorin golf club hosting next year’s edition of the AWA Ibraheem Junior International Golf Championship, a competition organized annually to commemorate his birthday anniversary, being the only junior event in the country sanctioned by the sport’s world governing body, Royal and Ancient Club of St. Andrews, otherwise known as R & A.
Receiving the keys and papers of the Tractor onbehalf of the club ,the club’s BOT Chairman Hon. Just. Lambo Akanbi (rtd) thanked the business magnate for his kind gesture and urged him not to relent in helping Ilorin golf club return back to its place of pride among the golfing community.
Earlier in his remark, the Captain of the club Jide Allen recounted how 9 years ago as the Vice Captain to Mallam Faruk Ismail he received a brand new Tractor from the same donor who hardly plays on the course but never tired to contribute to the development of the club.
Allen was also full of praise for Mallam Faruk Ismail, the Partner of AWA Ibraheem, for facilitating the donation of the Tractor to the club .
Other golfers present who gave goodwill messages at the ceremony include Barr. Jumoke Adebayo Orire, the club’s Lady Captain, Charles Ojolo, Barr. Tony Gbegbaje, Barr. Lukman Owolewa, Dr. Oba Hassan Kadir, Professor Dibu Ojerinde and Mrs Evelyn Oyome, the President Ladies Golfers Association of Nigeria LGAN
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