Strategic partners to the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), GTI Asset Management and Trust Limited, have congratulated the trio of Victor Osimhen, Asisat Oshoala, Chiamaka Nnadozie and the entire Super Falcons team on their triumphs at the just concluded 2023 CAF Awards ceremony held in Marrakech, Morocco on Monday night.
In a press statement made available to journalists in Lagos on Tuesday by GTI Head of Media and Publicity, Andrew Ekejiuba, the company affirmed that the remarkable achievements of Victor Osimhen, on winning the CAF 2023 Menโs Player of the Year; Asisat Oshoala who clinched the 2023 CAF Womenโs Player of The Year; Chiamaka Nnadozie, who emerged as Woman Goalkeeper of the Year, as well as the Super Falcons as the Womenโs National Team of the Year is a confirmation that the country is blessed with abundant talents in sports, especially football.
Reacting to the superlative outings of the Nigerian trio, the Executive Director of GTI, Nelson Ine attributed Nigeriaโs continental triumphs at the Awards ceremony to hard work and determination on the part of the players involved.
โGTI is proud to join many stakeholders of Nigerian football in congratulating Nigeriaโs sensational striker Victor Osimhen; six-time CAF Womenโs Player of the Year, Asisat Oshoala; inaugural Woman Goalkeeper of the Year Chiamaka Nnadozie and the Super Falcons for putting smiles on the faces of Nigerians.
โThe triumphant feats by these Nigerians have redoubled the efforts of GTI in seeing that more Osimhens, Oshoalas and Nnadozies are produced through our strategic partnership with the NPFL in the near future.
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โWe need to rekindle our efforts at sustaining the countryโs soccer prowess going forward and GTI is strategically positioned to compliment the efforts of administrators of sports in Nigeria to actualize this great dream since we have enough talents to make our dream come to fruition,โ he stated.
Speaking further, Ine said: โThe achievements of Osimhen and co will really serve as an inspiration to aspiring young footballers to always give out their best while wearing the green and white jersey of the country. Therefore, we call on the private sector to continue to play a vital role and support the government in its bid to take sports development in the country to a desirable height.โ
However, the CAF 2023 Award prize is a recognition of Osimhenโs exploits for his Napoli club side and the Super Eagles where he is a key member. He spearheaded the Italian teamโs unprecedented Serie A title run, scoring 26 goals in the league to become the first African to win the Pichichi (top scorer) Award. Napoli last won the Scudetto 33 years ago during the legendary Diego Maradonaโs era.
Also, Osimhenโs ranking in the 2023 Ballon dโOr was a testament to his contributions to the Serie A teamโs epochal showing. He was ninth, becoming the highest-ranked Nigerian in the history of the award.
Earlier in the month, the Nigerian was crowned as Italian footballersโ association player of the Year, and became the first African to win the AIC Award.
Meanwhile, GTI have felicitated with the Honourable Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh and the President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau on the achievements of these young Nigerians at the just concluded CAF 2023 Awards.