Victor Osimhen, the reigning male African Footballer of the Year, has earned the highest nominations in four categories at the 10th Nigeria Pitch Awards.
This was revealed on Thursday by the organisers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards through its voters collation agent, SIAO Partners.
Osimhen, Nigeria’s Super Eagles forward, among other team mates and Super Falcons stars, were nominated in different categories.
The unveiling of the nominations was held at the Ibis Hotels Ikeja, Lagos.
The Napoli FC forward got the highest nominations including, the `Striker of the Year’, `King of the Year’, `Sam Okwaraji’, and `Sportsmanship of the Year’ awards.
Also, Victor Boniface of Bayern Leverkusen of Germany got two nominations, while serial African Woman Footballer of the Year, Asisat Oshoala also got nomination.
Speaking on the 10th anniversary rendezvous, the President of Nigeria Pitch Awards, Shina Phillips, said that the event would be a landmark.
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“First, I thank God that we have gone this far and this is the 10th edition. We have reeled out the programmes for this unique celebration.
“We are also glad with the richness of the nominees which was released by our partners in charge of the collation. We believe that the 10th edition will be a special one.
“All the plans for the 10th anniversary cannot be reeled out at once, so, as the time comes, we will be unfolding the events. For now, we want to start with a Football Summit.
“At the summit, we want to discuss the way forward for Nigeria’s football because we believe that a lot can be injected. We have done our best, this far, but we can do a whole lot more,” he said.
Phillips restated that the unblemish record of the Nigeria Pitch Awards had made it stand out as one of the most credible awards in Nigeria and in the continent of Africa.
