The organizers of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon have announced a cash prize increase starting with the 2024 edition of the annual event.
The Chief Executive Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Bukola Olopade, stated this at a pre-event programme held in Lagos on Friday.
Olopade expressed his joy over the growth of the road race, saying the new target was within reach. He told the audience that the race that had grown to a gold-label marathon within eight years needed incentives to attract all the high-profile runners from across the world.
Olopade said, “Tomorrow these athletes seated here will be running a gold-label marathon. This is huge as this has been achieved within eight years. Our major sponsor had teased me to announce this prize increase with the word ‘may or might’ but I have the privilege to announce to you that the top prize will go up from the next edition in 2024. It is no longer a ‘may or might’ thinking, but yes, the prize is going up.”
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