No fewer than 450 athletes would be participating at the 14th edition of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Sports Fiesta at the weekend.
Scheduled to take place at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, the Sports Fiesta would kick-off on Sunday, November 30th 2025.
Announcing readiness in a statement on Friday, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the NNPC Ltd., Andrew Odeh, said the Company also strives to retain its legendary status of the team to beat in the Nigeria Oil & Gas Industry Games (NOGIG) coming up later in February, next year.
Odey disclosed that this year’s edition of the biennial event themed “Energy In Motion: Compete, Connect & Celebrate” would see a total of 450 athletes participating, symbolizing NNPC Ltd’s belief in the integral role of physical well-being in enhancing organizational productivity among employees.
He said the one-week tournament, which would climax on Saturday, 6th December, 2025, would feature teams from NNPC Ltd’s six zones representing the Company’s three core values: Team Integrity (Port Harcourt/Benin); Team Excellence (Lagos/Warri) and Team Sustainability (Abuja/Kaduna).
During the keenly contested fiesta, according to him, the Company’s employees are expected to compete in 13 sports, namely football, basketball, volleyball, chess, squash, scrabble, 8-ball pool, golf, tennis, table tennis, badminton, swimming and athletics.
Odey said the fiesta would also serve as a platform for selecting NNPC Ltd’s potential flagbearers at the forthcoming 20th Nigeria Oil & Gas Industry Games (NOGIG) in February 2026, where the Company will defend its title of overall winner, a feat it has maintained over the years.
He said the NNPC Ltd has been a serial winner of the NOGIG Games, which also features other participants from International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria and key agencies under the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
During the last edition of NOGIG held in 2024 at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, NNPC Ltd emerged the overall winner of the tournament, carting home 50 laurels, which include 20 gold, 9 silver and 21 bronze medals.
