The second edition of the AITEO-NFF Football Awards ceremony
will take place at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday,
April 1 2019.
The AITEO-NFF Football Awards is an annual event that rewards
the best performers in the Nigerian Football industry over a period of 12
months, with the first edition being held last year.
The event is
expected to have in attendance FIFA Secretary General, Ms Fatma Samoura and
some Presidents of Member Associations of FIFA and CAF, football superstars and
industry moguls.
Chieftains of sponsors AITEO, led by Deputy Managing Director,
Francis Peters, will grace Monday’s showpiece.
Also confirmed
for the event are some State Governors, alongside Nigeria’s Sports Minister
Solomon Dalung.
The occasion
will also be graced by Board Members of the NFF, members of NFF Management,
officials of the Lagos State Football Association, representatives of NFF
sponsors and partners, chairmen of various football Clubs, members of the
diplomatic corps, past NFF Presidents and General Secretaries, award nominees
and their friends.
A number of
renown stakeholders and oaks of the entertainment industry will also be in the
auditorium on Monday night.
Meanwhile,
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and Samoura will receive special
awards at the occasion.
Gongs will also
be presented in the following categories:
Player of the Year (men),
Player of the Year (women),
Coach of the Year (men),
Coach of the Year (women),
Young Player of the Year (men),
Young Player of the Year (women),
Team of the Season,
Fairplay Award,
Goal of the Season,
Fans of the Season,
NFF Development Award,
NFF Order of Merit Award,
Lifetime Achievement Award and Platinum Award categories.
There will be
special recognition of a ‘Legends Eleven,’ a squad of outstanding former
Nigeria international players. Last year’s gong went to the 1973 set of Green Eagles
that won Nigeria’s first major honour – the gold medal of the football event of
the 2nd All-Africa Games that held in Lagos.
Chairman of the
Organizing Committee, Barrister Akinwunmi also confirmed that this year’s
honour will go to the Super Eagles’ Class of 1994 – the team that qualified
Nigeria for her first –ever FIFA World Cup finals, won the Africa Cup of
Nations for the first time on away ground and spectacularly reached the Round
of 16 at the FIFA World Cup finals in
USA.
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