Bestman Briere and Jummai Abdulahi emerged winners in the men’s and ladies’ categories of the 2024 TotalEnergies Charity Golf Tournament, which took place at the Lakowe Golf Resort in Lagos.
Beyond the friendly ambience of the competition and networking opportunities, the tournament aims to raise funds for charity homes and support them with assistive devices, medications, counselling, awareness programs, and therapy needed to improve the quality of life for those in their care.
In the men’s category, Simbi Wabote emerged as runner-up while Abubakar Hassan finished third. Also, in the ladies’ category, Ogamdi Akalamudo, who lost to Jummai Abdulahi, was runner-up as Darlene Cobham finished in third place.
The awards also recognised outstanding individual performances, with Abdulahi winning the Longest Drive (Ladies) and the Nearest Drive (Ladies) going to Phillipa O. For the men, Michael Rollard captured the Longest Drive Award while the Nearest Drive (Men) award went to Ayo Abe.
Additional accolades included the Veteran’s prize, which went to Yemi Ajibola as the Best Male Staff Award was presented to Jean-Christophe Agrati while the Best Female Staff Award went to Adesua-Adewole.
In his address, Matthieu Bouyer, Managing Director of TotalEnergies Upstream Companies in Nigeria, stated that the tournament offered an opportunity to share the company’s value with partners while balancing sports and charity.
“Being an important part of our CSR programmes, the TotalEnergies Charity Golf aligns with our company’s 5th Lever of Sustainable Change, namely Care. We care for society. We care for the underprivileged. That’s why we are here today,” he said as he shared details of funds raised in previous years.”
“In 2022, we donated N4,040,000 to the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Elderly and St. Joseph’s Home for the Elderly and Handicapped. Last year, we donated N3,821,000 to The Care People Foundation and the Galilee Foundation. These funds, made up of both your donations and TotalEnergies’ contributions, were shared equally between the benefiting organisations,” he added.
