Chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi, has commended Globacom Limited and the Confederation of African Football for the recent decision to host the ceremonies of the Glo-CAF Awards in Lagos.
The NFF is playing host to the 38th CAF General Assembly from February 9- 12, and Lulu is quoted as saying that he is excited about the glamour the ceremonies of the Glo-CAF Awards will add to the events of the Congress.
”We are happy that Globacom reached an understanding with CAF to bring this event to Nigeria and hold the ceremonies in the evening of the CAF Congress opening ceremony on February 10.
”This will no doubt add a beautiful experience for the delegates and leave them with a good feeling of Nigeria,” Globacom‘s Sponsorship Manager, Harry Iwuala, quoted Lulu as saying in a press statement on Friday.
The 2008 Glo-CAF Awards earlier scheduled for January 23 in Dakar Senegal will now hold on February 10 in Lagos, Nigeria. The changes have been made to enrich the programmes of the CAF Delegates Conference which holds in Nigeria from February 9 to 12.
Frontline nominees for the Awards are Adebayor Emmanuel (Togo), Abou Trika Mohamed (Egypt), Amr Zaki (Egypt), Didier Drogba (Cote d‘Ivoire) and Essien Emmanuel (Ghana).
The top three nominees as voted by coaches of the national associations of CAF will be announced next week.
Mali‘s Frederick Kanoute won the 2007 awards on the heels of Didier Drogba (2006) and Samuel Eto‘O Fils (2003-2005).
Lulu said the NFF was also collaborating with Globacom on other areas to ensure a successful hosting of both the congress and the awards ceremony
source:the punch newspaper
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