Service Person wins Metro TV Soccer Xtra SMS Competition

Shani Abdul Basit, a 24 year old

National Service person from Yendi was declared winner of the Soccer Xtra

Predict & Win SMS Promotion organised by Optimum Media Prime (OMP) and

shown on Metro TV during the FIFA Confederations Cup held in Brazil and the

recent FIFA Under 20 World Cup which took place in Turkey.

Basit who is did Integrated

Development Studies at the University of Development Studies UDS at the Wa

Campus was rewarded with a brand new Dougfeng H30 Cross Sports Car presented by

Platimum Motors.

He said it was his luck that won him

the fantastic prize in the free, fair and transparent real competition and

appealed to Metro TV to extend their coverage to Yendi as he texted at Tamale

before winning.

Sheriff Issah won a paid trip to

London to watch Manchester City play Chelsea, whilst Sulemana Aminu got a

returned ticket to South Africa.

George Frimpong was among the lucky

winners to get a set of Yokohama Tires just like Victor Ato Mensah, and Abraham

Quaye.

Five rlg laptop were presented to

Ofori Kingsly, Mohammed Sulemana, Adeyena Tetteh, Samson Yaw Opoku and David

Kwabena Kpeglo as Muntakil Alhassan and Alex Asamoah earned returned tickets to

Abidjan.

Francisca Tawiah Ako from Chorkor

was not left out as she also got 50 gallons of Petrol from Quantum Petroleum

Ltd.

The winners participated in a

competition that they only predicted the outcome of every match by texting A, B

or C to short code 1950 on MTN, Vodafone, Tigo and Expresso.

The daily winners of each game were

presented with prizes on the Soccer Xtra Show on Metro TV, and others had the

privilege of hosting Metro TV crew in their homes to receive their prizes.

The competition spanned 30 days and

saw 141 participants across the country getting prizes ranging from Akai 21

inches Television Sets, Sumsung Galaxy Grand Smart Phones, Samsung Digital

Cameras, Bluetooth Earpieces, Alphaline Car Battries, GHC 200 worth of MTN Talk

Time and GHC 200 worth of Gift Vouchers from Marina Mall.

Dougfeng Motors, Telefonika, Egypt

Air, MTN, Quantum Petroleum, Samir Engineering and Marina Mall were the

sponsors.

Neilo Armstrong Mortagbe, Managing

Director of OMP commended the sponsors and the lucky winners for making Metro

TV part of their lives and urged them to keep on watching the station as there

are many wonderful surprises coming up. He noted that Ghana is a strong

football nation and prayed that the nation qualifies for the 2014 FIFA World

Cup for Metro TV to dish out surprises again.

Chief Marketing Officer of OMP, Mr. Alain Vijnard, said the competition was an

initiative of OMP to promote football, especially the 2013 FIFA events and also

to reward loyal customers.

Female soccer star, Samira Suleimana

of Hasaacas Ladies Football team who was among the guests at the draw commended

Metro TV for supporting football fans and hinted that Ghana Female Football

will rise if more companies support them like they did to the Soccer Xtra draw.