CAP To Celebrates Nigerian Independence With Beach Marathon

Community Agenda For Peace, C.A.P, a Non Governmental Organisation, NGO, is planning to celebrate Nigerian Independence with Lagos Beach Marathon.

The event, the first ever Beach Marathon in the world, will on the tenty nineth of this month  at the Alpha–Lekki Beach.

Phillips Obuesi, the Spokesperson for the organisation said that CAP was hosting the event to celebrate Nigeria’s 52nd Independence anniversary as well as use it as an advocacy vehicle to draw attention to the challenges of ocean erosion along the Lagos shoreline while promoting beach marathon as a sports to drive tourism.

“We have tagged this year’s event “Green Independence” as a demand for freedom for biodiversity and improved relations between the Nigerian and his immediate socio-political, cultural and economic environment.

We want to use the Beach Marathon as a strong and effective platform for awareness and finding solutions to ocean erosion, flooding, desertification and gully erosion which currently represent the many ecological challenges facing Nigerians. We believe it is high time Nigerian begin to set their ecosystem free from abuse and neglect is now,” Obuesi said.

To achieve the set objectives, Obuesi explained that CAP will partner major stakeholders in the Nigerian society to host a successful Beach Marathon. These include the Nigeria Police, Actors Guild of Nigeria, Guild of Editors, Nigeria Medical Association, the civil society and the entertainment industry.

Already the organisation has secured the sponsorship of RLG Communications, a telecommunication company for the event while Crystal communications Limited has been appointed as the Media and Marketing Consultant for the event.

The Lagos Beach Marathon will feature a three kilometres race along the Lagos coastline from Alpha to Lekki Beach and a massive musical concert, featuring upcoming and established artists, all in celebration of Nigeria’s 52nd Independence anniversary. Prizes will be given out to participants and fans at the events.