The award organisers insisted on staging the colourful ceremony despite the Super Eagles’ shock loss to the national team of Guinea Bissau at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja earlier in the day.
Browsing: Shina Philips
“The trophies are here!” President of Matchmakers Consult, Shina Philips announced with much gusto on Wednesday
In a statement, Shina Philips, President of the awards said that in addition to announcement of winners for all award categories, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, wife of the President will be honoured with the Special Achievement in Sports Award for her contributions to the development of women football in Africa.
In a statement released in Lagos and signed by the organisers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards, Philips described the election of the NFF president as historic and momentous.
The organiser of Nigeria Pitch Awards, Shina Phillips, has joined other optimists in tipping the Super Eagles to lift the African Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Chris Giwa and the Amaju Pinnick-led NFF board have been involved in a leadership tussle, after a Jos High Court issued an order stopping the election which brought Pinnick to office in 2014.
A statement from Matchmakers Consult International Limited, organizers of the awards, disclosed that the ceremony will kick off two hours after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between the Super Eagles and the Bafana Bafana of South Africa at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in the same city