RLG Backs 3 Kilometre Beach Marathon.

All roads lead to Lekki Beach for the first of its kind, three kilometre Lagos Beach Marathon fixed for Saturday.

The beach marathon organised by the Community Agenda for Peace,CAP, with the financial support of RLG Communications Nigeria  Limited has attracted over sixty four marathoners.

Chief Executive Officer of CAP, Obuesi Phillips, who claimed that the event about sports and tourism, urged Nigerian leaders to acquaint themselves with many ecological crisis connfronting the nation especially the scourge of ocean erosion and coastal areas protection.

Phillips,who believed that the inaugural edition of the Lagos Marathon would serve as a platform to celebrate Nigeria's Green Independence, requested governmental interventions for the control and combating of ocean erosion along the Lagos coastal corridors.

He said CAP had reached out to the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, in a bid to make the event a full fleged annual sporting activity, adding that the race wold begin from Alpha  beach and end at the Lekki Beach as a seasoned Karate coach would engage the participants on a light exercise prior to the event.

Corporate Affairs Manager of RLG  Communications, Mandilas Didam, said the beach marathon was staged not just to celebrate Nigeria's independence anniversary and promote tourism but to draw government attention to the erosion of the Lagos coast.

Didam, said the initiative was coming at a time when the erosion of Lagos coastlines need urgent attention.

" RLG Communications is an environmentally friendly, people oriented and proudly indigenous company which are the reasons why we are sponsoring this event".Environmentally friendly because by training people to fix computers and mobile phones we eliminate E- waste so the erosion of the Lagos coastline is of concern to us" Didam said.

"RLG Communications Nigeria Limited is a subsidiary of rlg communications Ghana which in turn is a subsidiary of the Agams group of companies which has its tentacles in ICT, consrtuction,finance, arts and craft among others."We have presence inn Ghana,Nigeria,Gambia,Dubai,China and with plans to open shop in other jurisdictions in the near future"