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Nestle to Unveil Plans for Milo U-13 African Championship

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Nestle Plc will on Wednesday, April 16 unveil plans for the Milo U-13 African Championship, which is a football competition for U-13 boys in Africa.

Mrs Doja Ekeruche, Category Business Manager, Beverages, Nestle Nigeria PLC, said the Media Briefing scheduled to hold at the Protea Hotel, Maryland will kick-start a month long build-up to the tournament which is holding in Nigeria for the first time.

“On the occasion, we will be presenting the Team Nigeria to the Media and flag-off the official communication to engage a cross-section of our consumers and football stakeholders on this championship which is being hosted in Nigeria for the first time”, Ekeruche explained.

Milo is a foremost sports development brand which has consistently provided platforms in basketball and football to discover and nurture the innate talents in young Nigerians of school age and also inculcate healthy values to help them succeed in life.

The Milo U-13 African Championship was first held in South Africa in 2010, which Nigeria won and in 2012, Ghana hosted and won the competition.

Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya are some of the countries that have qualified for this year’s event which has been tagged Nigeria 2014.