By Daily Sports on June 3, 2019
The 6th Award Ceremony of the prestigious Nigeria Pitch Awards will hold in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Organisers announced that the ceremony will begin after the Nigeria-Zimbabwe International Friendly scheduled to hold at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba.
Speaking in Lagos, Shina Philips, President of the Nigeria Pitch Awards, said organisers have concluded plans to host all nominees, the media, and football stakeholders including top NFF bigwigs.
“The Award Ceremony,” Philips continued “will spotlight top Super Eagles members, other footballers, coaches, referees, football journalists and other stakeholders who were voted as winners by our voters spread across the 36 states of the country.”
At the 6th Award Ceremony, winners will be announced in all 20 categories. Guests at the ceremony and football fans world over would be eager to know who among Ahmed Musa, Odion Ighalo and Wilfred Ndidi will emerge King of the Pitch which is the awards version of the Most Valuable Player.
Interestingly, the State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa and Delta State are among nominees for the Football Friendly Governor Award and Award for the State with the Best Grassroots Football Development Award respectively.
‘The voting process of the Nigeria Pitch Awards is coordinated entirely by SIAO Partners, Nigeria’s foremost accounting firm. Like all lovers of football in Nigeria, we eagerly await the results from the accounting firm at the award ceremony in Asaba’, Philips concluded
The award ceremony will be anchored by Stephanie Isuma, aka ‘Calabar Chic’. The event will kick off at 7:00 pm with Red Carpet appearances and interviews while the award proper will commence at 8:00 pm at the Golden Tulip Hotel on Maryam Babangida Way, Asaba
•Photo shows Nigeria Pitch Awards President Shina Philips
Source Daily Sports
Posted June 3, 2019
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