Keshi against garbage for coach of the year

COACH of the reigning FIFA U-17 World
Cup champions, Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets,
Manu Garba has the Super Eagles coach
Stephen Keshi to contend with as the
Nigerian Sports Award’s Coach of the Year
award ceremony holds tomorrow at the
MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
Pundits are divided as to who will win the
award as Keshi holds the enviable record of
winning the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
(AFCON) in South Africa and qualifying
Nigeria for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil,
while Garba coached Nigeria to win the
cadet mundial for the fourth time in the
United Arab Emirates (UAE).
General Manager, Unmissable Incentives
Limited, organisers of the award ceremony,
Mr Kayode Idowu noted that the race for
the Coach of the Year award is one of the
toughest as the two coaches have been at
the peak of performance in the last one
year.
“Of all the categories of the award, I must
note that the Coach of the Year award is
one that is tightest because the two
nominated coaches have performed
excellently well with their teams winning
laurels and making Nigerians proud,” Idowu
said.
Meanwhile, Amstel Malta has partnered with
the organisers of the Nigerian Sports
Award.
Idowu stated: “The Amstel Malta support for
the Nigerian Sports Award especially
coming at the crucial stage of the award is
a welcome development and a great relief to
the company that has been bankrolling the
project since inception”.
Other awards to be contested for include
Team of the Year Award, Footballer of the
Year Award (Male), Footballer of the Year
Award (Female), Ball sports Person of the
Year Award, Special Sports Person of the
Year Award, Sports Man of the Year Award,
Sports Woman of the Year Award,
Administrator of the Year Award, Lifetime
Achievement in Sports Award, Sports
Journalist of the Year Award (print), Sports
Journalist of the Year Award (Electronics),
Sports Governor of the Year award.
The award which was introduced last year is
open to Nigerian sportmen and women at
home and abroad to reward their excellent
performance in the outgoing year.