Power Oil, Nigeria’s healthy cooking oil brand has brought the third edition of its annual health awareness walk which kick-off two weeks ago to a successfully conclusion.
The walk exercise tagged ‘WalkHeartOn’ started in Lagos on July 8 at the National Stadium, Surulere. The exercise continued at Liberation stadium, Elekahia in Port Harcourt and Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium, Ogui in Enugu simultaneously a week later and finally ended in Abuja and Oyo, last Saturday.
The annual heart health awareness walk is strategically designed to promote a healthy lifestyle and remind Nigerians of the benefits of a daily fitness routine by encouraging them to walk at least thirty minutes a day to stay fit and healthy.
The five kilometres walk which recorded huge turnout at both locations kicked-off in Ibadan at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium into Liberty road, towards Challenge roundabout and back to the Stadium. The walk was being led by Abayomi Oke, commissioner for Youth and Sports in Oyo State along with the invited artistes.
In Abuja, the walk began from the River plate park Wuse 2 into Ahmadu Bello road towards Adetokunbo Ademola roundabout and back to the park.
While addressing the participants, Oke, encouraged them to engage in sports and other fitness activities to keep their heart and body functional.
The commissioner for Youths and Sports also praised the brand and its team for the continuous partnership with Oyo state on the health project.
He also said the initiative is a worthy one as it encourages everyone especially the youths to imbibe the culture of exercising which is in line with the vision of the state.
Amisha Chawla, brand manager, Power Oil who took part in the Oyo walk, said, “the participation in Ibadan has always remained amazing, even in the last edition which held at this same venue.’’
‘‘Going by the information we received from the FCT Abuja activity, the turnout is equally high,’’ Chawla said.
Continuing, she said, ‘‘ We are delighted that the WalkheartOn 3.0 project has successfully come to an end for the year and the advice is for Nigerians to keep the fitness and healthy living flying which is the whole objective of the initiative.’’
The brand manager also said that they recorded high turnout of participants in both locations as people came out in their large numbers to join the healthy walk.
Sound Sultan and MC Bonus thrilled the participants in Abuja with their great performances while Woli Arole and Afoja Sanyeri did same in Ibadan. The guest artists and comedians also took active part in the exercise. This encouraged the participants and demonstrated to them the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle by taking a healthy walk for a healthy heart.
Beatrice Aroja, one of the participants in Abuja commended the brand for the laudable initiative of encouraging healthy living among Nigerians.
‘‘I felt light and better after the walk exercise. I hope to make this walk a daily routine,’’ Aroja said.
Power oil health camps which were also available offered free basic medical checks for participants to ascertain their health status, including blood pressure, BMI and general medical consultation.
Power oil WalkHeartOn health awareness project started in 2015 in Lagos to promote fitness and healthy living amongst Nigerians. In 2016, it further expanded into five cities across the country -Lagos, Ibadan, Owerri, PHC and Abuja.
