Osimhen, Oshoala, Rivers United, MTN Among Nominees For Nigeria Pitch Awards

Tremendous Eagles and Italian Serie A goal-king, Victor Osimhen and in-form FC Barcelona Femeni ahead Asisat Oshoala prime the checklist of nominees for the ninth version of the Nigeria Pitch Awards scheduled to carry within the Federal Capital, Abuja on Friday, twenty fourth March 2023.

Osimhen, report scorer of the FIFA U17 World Cup finals (with 10 objectives, achieved on the finals in Chile in 2015) has continued to bang within the objectives within the Italian Serie A the place he’s present main scorer, and scored 4 of Nigeria’s 10 objectives within the report worldwide win over Sao Tome and Principe final yr summer time.

There are, in whole, eighteen classes of awards, viz King of the Pitch; Queen of the Pitch; Striker of the Yr; Goalkeeper of the Yr; Defender of the Yr; Midfielder of the Yr; Crew of the Yr; Coach of the Yr; Sam Okwaraji Award; State With The Greatest Grassroots Soccer Improvement Programme; Soccer Pitch of the Yr; Soccer-Pleasant Governor of the Yr; Company Sponsor of the Yr; Sportsmanship Award; Soccer Journalist of the Yr-Print; Soccer Journalist of the Yr-TV; Soccer Journalist of the Yr-Radio and; Soccer Journalist of the Yr-On-line.

Presenting the checklist of nominees to the NFF management on Thursday, President of Matchmakers Seek the advice of Worldwide (organizers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards), Mr. Shina Philips expressed appreciation to the NFF for its encouragement of the Awards through the years and warranted that the positive canons of transparency and credibility which have taken the Awards this far won’t ever be discountenanced for any cause.

“We’re proud of the encouragement and regard that we have now continued to obtain from the NFF since we began the Awards in 2013. The Federation has at all times been there and at all times current on the occasion. We’re daring to say that the Awards will without end retain its integrity, transparency and credibility.”

Responding on behalf of the NFF President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau who joined the presentation on video to want the organizers the very best going ahead, NFF Technical Director Augustine Eguavoen assured the Nigeria Pitch Awards of the Federation’s continued assist so long as the tenets of integrity and credibility related to the Awards through the years are sustained.

Additionally current on the presentation have been NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire; Head of Worldwide, Dayo Enebi Achor and; Chief Working Officer of the Nigeria Pitch Awards, Mr. Nelson Olafisoye.

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