Organisers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards have announced a new date
and venue for the 2014 Award Ceremony earlier scheduled to hold on Wednesday, May,
6, 2015, in Lagos.
Shina Philips, CEO of Matchmakers Consult International,
promoters of the Awards stated in Lagos that after extensive discussions with
their partners, the award ceremony will now hold on Saturday, June, 13, 2015,
in Abuja.
Explaining the rationale for the shift, Philips said: “Our
partners, including the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the Nigeria
Television Authority (NTA) are convinced that the popular attention which the
awards have generated among Super Eagles and football fans necessitated the
need to shift it to a date and venue which will afford all parties the
opportunity to attend and facilitate with winners.
The wish of many nominees especially the Super Eagles players
was to be physically present at the Awards Ceremony and that the new date and venue would make that possible.
According to him, “an Awards Ceremony is boring without the winners.” The new
date coincides with the Nigeria-Chad 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier that
is taking place the same day.
In a related development, the organisers announced that
Payporte.com, a Nigerian e-commerce company has come on board as a partner of
the Nigeria Pitch Awards. The company’s CEO, Bassey Eyo stated that since
football appealed to the same target audience for their business, it was only
natural for them to associate with the popularity of football and the integrity
of the Nigeria Pitch Awards.
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