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ASPAA Set To Honour Personalities

Arewa Sports Personality Awards Association (ASPAA) have rolled out plans for its maiden sports personality awards.

 

 

Activities to mark ASPA2018 awards include a public lecture titled “Sports development in Northern Nigeria; the journey so far” to be presented by Professor Musa Garba (A.A) of the Department of Physical and Health Education, Bayero University Kano which will hold at Kano State Polytechnic on Saturday, 8th December 2018 commencing at 9 pm.

 

 

Awards will be presented to 30 outstanding sporting personalities from Northern Nigeria at a ceremony, which will take place at Bristol Palace Hotel, Farm Centre, Kano State starting at 8pm on Saturday 8th December, 2018.

 

 

The activities will wrap up with a novelty match, during which a team of Celebrities, Veteran Athletes and officials tagged “Arewa All Stars” will lock horns with a Kano selected side at the Sani Abacha stadium commencing 4pm on Sunday, 9th December 2018.

The Arewa Sports Personality Awards serves as a cohesive tool that unites sports stakeholders and promotes sporting activities within Northern Nigeria.

Over 300 important guests are expected to attend the various activities lined up, which hopefully will be a very special event on the sports calendar of Northern Nigeria.

A 10-person committee made up of representatives from SWAN from the three Northern geopolitical zones have worked closely with the staff of the ASPAA secretariat to compile a shortlist from nominations received in various categories for voting awards.

Categories for the awards include:

Sports man of the year

Sports woman of the year

Sports journalist of the year (Print)

Sports journalist of the year (Online)

Sports journalist of the year (Radio)

Sports journalist of the year (TV)

Coach of the year

NPFL player of the year

NWPL player of the year

Sports official of the year

Young sports person of the year

Polo player of the year

Ball Sports Personality of the year

Athletics personality of the year

Combat Sports Personality of the year

Parasports Personality of the year

Traditional sports personality of the year

ASPAA will also recognize outstanding sports personalities in the following categories:

Sports loving Governor of the year

Life time achievement awards

Sports Administrator of the year

Award for contribution to grass root sports development

Honorary Award for outstanding performance in sports