Obudu mountain race to gulp USD220.000
Nigeria's major tourist site, the Obudu Ranch Resort in Cross River state
will November 24, 2007, play host to international mountain racers as the state governor Liyel Imoke has promised to dole out over USD200.000 as prize monies for this year's Obudu international mountain race. A total of USD227.000 was spent last year as prize monies for participating atheletes with the first placed winner smiling home with USD50.000. The governor who believed that the race has helped in projecting the state in particular and the country at large in a good light to the outside world is also of the view that he wants the race to remain the highest paying mountain race in the world by retaining the prize money structure while the management still look for ways of improving further on the organization of the yearly event. The competition which is not only an avenue to showcase one of the rich tourist potentials of the couontry, but also to let the world know that Nigeria is a safe and good country, judging by the presence of top mountaion racers in lst year's edition. 2
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