Organisers unveil plans for fifth Nigerian Sports Award

Organisers of the Nigerian Sports Award (NSA) yesterday unveiled plans for the fifth edition of the event, with a promise that this year will witness some innovations that would take it a notch higher than the previous ones.

The Nigerian Sports Award will hold on December 2 at the Banquet Hall of Eko Hotels & Towers, Lagos.Speaking during a meeting with the media in Lagos yesterday, the Managing Director of Unmissable Incentives, Kayode Idowu, whose company organises the event, also unveiled its partnership with HotSports Nigeria, a subsidiary of HS Media Group.

In addition to various awards given to winners in various categories, Idowu said the organisers would also reward personalities, who have impacted positively on Nigerian sports in the last 20 years.

He said recipients in this category of the awards may not have been recognised in the past, but will be rewarded by Nigerian Sports Award for their impactful lives in Nigerian sports in general.

The MD Unmissable Incentives said that the prestigious award has gone beyond the shores of Nigeria with clubs in Europe celebrating their Nigerian players, who won it. He gave instances of Mikel Obi, Victor Moses and Vincent Enyeama, among others, whose awards were celebrated by their European clubs.

He also revealed that new brands have come on-board to sponsor the award, thus broadening the horizon of the event to global level.

“We are heading to where cars will be given out to award winners in the future, yes, why not?” he added.

Earlier, Chairman/CEO HS Media Group, Taye Ige had revealed that HotSports was partnering with Nigerian Sports Award to properly prospect it for commercial reward.

“These are people who believe excellence in sports should be rewarded and they are doing exactly what they believe in. We are happy to be part of this dream and we implore the media to also give them the maximum support that they deserve,” Ige said.