We want to make Lagos more attractive to investors – Wigwe

Access Banks’ Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe, has said his banks’ support for the yearly Lagos City Marathon is to attract more investors to the state through improved tourism and an improvement in economic and social outlook of the state.
Speaking further on the marathon,the biggest retail bank in Nigeria he said that, “As one of the leading banks in Nigeria and indeed Africa, it is imperative for us to support the economic and social development of the communities in which we operate. ”
Said he,”we have sponsored the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon for five years to make Lagos State more attractive to tourists and foreign investors alike. We have also used this platform as an avenue to create more jobs and opportunities to thousands in the state,” he added.
He went further to add that, “to ensure that the impact of the marathon, as felt in Lagos State, is duplicated and sustained, we have also begun sponsoring marathons and other sporting events across different states in Nigeria as highlighted by our sponsorship of the Abeokuta marathon.”
He said further that with over 100,000 participants recorded across the last two editions of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, the bank expects the trend to continue as the marathon which has moved up from a Bronze Label marathon to a Silver Label, less than five years after its maiden edition, continues to garner the respect of top international and local athletes alike.
This year’s edition of the marathon billed for February 8 offers a cumulative prize of 500,000 USD to be won by contestants.