Wike, Shaibu, Others Nominated For Sportsville Awards

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike and Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt Hon Philip Shaibu, alongside President of Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr Habu Gumel, have been nominated for the Sportsville Awards, to be held in Lagos, January 30, 2021.
The Lagos-based media outfit, Sportsville, made the announcement to honour the sports gurus in a statement in Lagos, yesterday.
Sportsville’s Chairman, Board of Directors, Hon Frank Ilaboya, who signed the statement, stated that the awards were Sports-ville’s way of appreciating those doing well to take Nigerian sports to greater heights, even as he added that the awards would be an annual event to reward excellence in sports development, promotion and performance.
According to him, “We are coming out with this special recognition award as a way to recognise excellence and encourage those doing well for Nigerian sports to do more for the country. We would make it an annual event,” Ilaboya stated.
He listed others billed to receive the awards to include, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick and his counterpart in the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Engr Musa Kida.
Also on the list are NWFL Chairperson, Aisha Falode; Enyimba Chairman, Felix Anyansi Agwu; Chairman of Monimichelle, Nigeria’s leading stadium facilities’ construction outfit, Ebi Egbe; veteran sports journalist cum media icon, Dr Larry Izamoje of Brilla FM; and Super Eagles number one supporter, Dr Rauf Ladipo.
Ilaboya said that the programme of events is already being run on different Radio and TV stations across Lagos and environs, and on national television stations, adding that the maiden ceremony would be used to honour some very distinguished Nigerians that have contributed to the sports development in the country.