Hip hop artistes, Wande Coal and Wizkid, have been revealed as the major artistes who will perform at the Diamond S.W.A.G Account Concert as part of the closing ceremony of the ongoing 24th Nigerian University Games (NUGA) holding at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.
S.W.A.G Account, the youth-oriented product from Diamond Bank, was launched at the NUGA Games last week. Diamond Bank Plc, Nigeria’s foremost retail bank, is the lead sponsor of the competition.
The concert will take place on Saturday, February 22, 2014, the final day of the tournament.
According to Mrs. Ayona Trimnell, Head, Corporate Communications, Diamond Bank, the concert will afford the students the opportunity of unwinding after 10 hectic days of fierce sporting competition on the fields and tracks and also to reward those who opened the bank’s S.W.A.G account during the Games.
She said: “As the lead sponsors of the 24th NUGA Games holding at OAU, we came with two major side attractions to make the experience a memorable one for the thousands of Nigerian youths who have come from far and near to participate in the Games. The first is the launch of the Student With A Goal (S.W.A.G) Account, a new proposition aimed at providing Nigerian youths with the right support to help them achieve their financial goals. The second is the S.W.A.G Concert which is the bank’s way of both rewarding and encouraging the youths who are already embracing the new propositions in their thousands”.
Explaining the modalities for the S.W.A.G Concert, Mr. Kayode Makinde, Business Manager, Diamond Bank. Ile Ife, said that tickets for the concert would be issued to students when they open the Diamond SWAG Account and fund it with at least N1, 000.
According to Makinde, over 3,000 S.W.A.G accounts have been opened and funded so far by the students participating in the games. He further encouraged other students at the Games to take advantage of the event and subscribe for the account.