Lagos State on Friday broke the world record of “Most
People Playing Monopoly’’ with 1,300 students competing at a time at its “City
of Lagos Monopoly’’, beating the former set in Singapore. The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former record was set at the Universal Studio in
Singapore where 605 people were gathered on March 19, 2016 under the same roof.
NAN reports that the organiser of the event, Bestman Games, proposed the
competition to break the earlier world record. To set the record, Bestman Games
partnered with the Lagos State Government to organise the iconic U-17 Monopoly
event at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. The competition witnessed an
influx of students who gathered to ensure that the aim of breaking the record
was achieved.The Chief Executive Officer of Bestman Games, Mini Akinkugbe, told
NAN that the number of students had exceeded her expectations. “What we have
here is indescribable, we have witnessed a record set in Lagos and this will go
down in the history of the sport. “We have exceeded our target but we do not
want to deny anybody participation. “So, we have to accommodate everybody
until there is no space to contain them,’’ she said. Contributing, Catherine
Bickersteth, Director, Strategic Educational Advisory Services Ltd. Source:
Guardian
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