President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Wednesday implored organizers of the annual Nigeria Pitch Awards to ensure that nothing ever happens to compel them to compromise the integrity of the project or lower the high standards for which the awards are known.
Speaking in his office while receiving Mr Shina Phillips, President of Nigeria Pitch Awards and Pastor Nelson Olafisoye, Chief Operating Officer, Gusau underscored that the NFF has continued to endorse the awards because of the integrity of the process and the credibility that the project has maintained over its 12 years of existence.
“The NFF has continued to endorse the Nigeria Pitch Awards because we are satisfied with the transparency of the process and credibility of the results, which gives it high integrity. We will always do our best to support positive projects that contribute to the development of the Nigeria game.
“People love to be appreciated for what they are doing. Awards serve to recognize and reward different actors in a particular sector, and when people are appreciated and rewarded, they tend to make more effort and improve their delivery.
If everyone in the Nigeria football ecosystem makes more effort and improves on their delivery, we will be at a very high level in a very short time.”
Phillips, who was enamoured by the words of the NFF supremo, pledged that the organizers will never relent in their commitment to a transparent and credible awards project.
In related news, tickets for the Super Eagles’ 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Cheetahs of Benin Republic will be available starting Friday.
The match, scheduled for Saturday at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, will see VIP tickets priced at N3,000, while regular stand tickets will be sold for N1,000.
Match ticket sale points, according to the NFF Marketing and Sponsorship department, include Uyo Township Stadium; Government Primary School, Obio Etoi; Memories FM (Ernest Bassey Street); Comfort FM (Ikot Akpanabia); Inspiration FM (Udo Udoma) and De-Choice Shopping Plaza. Other sale points will be designated by Thursday.
Saturday’s cracker, which is a Matchday 1 encounter in the race for the finals, will kick off at 5 pm
