Idowu
told naijafootball247.com that this year’s edition which is the 2nd
will be much better than the first as they hope to gain more recognition in the
Nigerian sports industry.
Idowu
described the first edition of the awards as successful with lessons which the
awards panel has identifies and is working on to ensure a better and exciting
second edition. He also called on well-meaning sports loving individuals and
corporate organisations to support the initiative to make it the most
prestigious sports award in Nigeria.
“We
sincerely want to thank the media for your support during the first edition of
the award while we seek your continued support for the second edition; we also
want to use your mediumto call on sports loving organisations to partner with
us to make this initiative the one that we would all be proud of” he said
Disclosing
the timelines for the 2013 awards, Mr. Idowu declared that the nominations for
will start on Monday, July 1 and close on Saturday September 7, 2013 while the
awards ceremony will hold on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 in Lagos.
The
chairman of the Awards Panel, Mr. Ikeddy Isiguzo revealed that a new category,
the Sports Governor of the Year, has been added to recognise a Governor
adjudged to have shown greatest support to sports development within the award
year.
“There
would be awards for Discovery of the Year (male & female), School Sports.
The public would be able to nominate any athlete from November 2012 to date,”
he added.
He
reinstated that the Nigerian Sports Awards are open to Nigerian sport men and
women at home and abroad. The categories include football, track sports, field
star of the year, ball sports, combats sports, weight lifting and special
sports.
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