By Joshua Olomu
Victor Osimhen, Super Eagles da Galatasaray; Calvin Bassey, dan wasan baya na Fulham da kuma Ademola Lookman, dan wasan gaba na Atalanta ne aka zaba a matsayin wanda aka fi so a rukunin ‘King of the Pitch’ na lambar yabo ta Nigeria Pitch Awards.
Kamfanin dillancin labarai na Najeriya (NAN) ya ruwaito cewa masu shirya gasar wasan kwallon kafa na shekara sun bayyana sunayen wadanda za su fafata a karo na 12 a wani liyafar cin abinci da masu ruwa da tsaki a ranar Talata a Abuja.
Osimhen shi ne ke kan gaba a jerin sunayen ‘yan takarar da lambar yabo a rukuni uku da suka hada da Sam Okwaraji Awards, da kuma Rashidi Yekini Award na gwarzon dan wasan gaba tare da Ademola Lookman da Anas Yusuf na Nasarawa United.
Haka kuma Bassey ya samu kyautar gwarzon dan wasan baya na shekara tare da fitaccen mai tsaron gida Benjamin Frederick da Ola Aina na Nottingham Forest.
Wannan dai shi ne karo na bakwai da Osimhen ke samun tikitin tsayawa takara a rukunin ‘Sarkin filin wasa’, bayan da ya lashe gasar sau uku a jere, kuma Ademola Lookman na neman nasararsa ta biyu bayan ya lashe gasar karo na 11.
Taurarin Super Falcons Chiamaka Nnadozie, Rasheedat Ajibade, da Esther Okoronkwo ne suka samu tikitin tsayawa takara a rukunin ‘Queen of the Pitch’ (Women), wanda ya nuna bajintar da suka taka a shekarar da ta gabata a kungiyoyi da kuma kasar.
‘Dan wasan tsakiyar shekara’ da aka zaba sun hada da Alex Iwobi, Frank Onyeka, Raphael Onyedika da Wilfred Ndidi.
Ga masu harbin harbi, golan Udinese Maduka Okoye ya samu kyautar ‘Goalkeeper of the Year’ tare da Stanley Nwabali na Chippa United da Kayode Bankole na Remo Stars.
Ga ‘Coach of the Year’, Finidi George (Rivers United), Daniel Ogunmodede (Remo Stars), da kuma kocin WAFCON 2024 Justin Madugu sun samu nadin takara.
Kungiyoyin Super Falcons da Remo Stars FC da kuma Rivers United FC ne ke cikin jerin sunayen wadanda za su fafata a gasar ‘Team of the Year’.
Sauran nau’o’in da masu shirya gasar suka sanar sun hada da ‘Filin Kwallon Kafa na Shekara’, tare da MKO Abiola Int’l Stadium, Abeokuta, Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo da Remo Stars Stadium, Ogun.
Delta da Kwara da kuma Legas ne za su fafata a zaben ‘Jihar da ke da mafi kyawun tsarin ci gaban kwallon kafa’, sannan kuma ‘Corporate Sponsor of Football Award’ na da Bet9ja, GTI Financial da MTN Nigeria a matsayin ‘yan takara.
Umo Eno na Akwa-Ibom, Dapo Abiodun na Ogun da Babajide Sanwo-Olu na Legas ne suka lashe zaben ‘Gwarzon Gwarzon Kwallon Kafa’.
Sauran nau’o’in da masu shirya gasar suka sanar sun hada da ‘Kyautar Wasanni da ‘Dan Jarida na Shekara’ (Buga, TV, Radio, Online).
Tun da farko a nasa jawabin, Mista Shina Philips, shugaban kungiyar ‘Nigerian Pitch Awards’, ya yaba wa ‘yan Kwalejin Zabe a fadin kasar nan bisa kwarewa da kwazo.
A cewarsa, fitowar wadanda aka zaba a bikin karramawar karo na 12 ya biyo bayan tsauraran ka’idoji wadanda aka fara aiki tun daga farko.
Ya ce zabar nau’o’in bayar da lambar yabo na daga cikin manufofin masu shirya gasar na yin niyya da kuma bayyana irin gudunmawar da ‘yan wasan kwallon kafa da masu horarwa da masu gudanarwa da ‘yan jarida da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki za su bayar.
“Nigerian Pitch Awards wani dandali ne da aka kafa don zaburar da ƴan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa da manyan masu ruwa da tsaki zuwa manyan matakan himma da ƙwarewa.
“Har ila yau, ya zama mai ba da gudummawa ga gwamnati da kamfanoni don sadaukar da albarkatu masu yawa don ci gaban wasanni a Najeriya.
“Yayin da ake ba da ƙwazo da kishin ƙasa, dandali na Najeriya Pitch Awards yana taka muhimmiyar rawa ta hanyar faɗakar da gwamnati da masu gudanarwa game da buƙatar sake sabunta hanyoyinmu na wasanni.
“Har ila yau, yana jawo hankalin gwamnati game da bukatar sabunta kayayyakin wasanni namu, da kuma karfafa sha’awar kasa don bunkasa wasanni a matsayin masana’antu mai inganci, samar da kudaden shiga. Muna ganin wannan a matsayin sha’awarmu mai dorewa,” in ji shi.
Philips ya ce bugu na 12 zai karrama Hukumar Raya Neja-Delta (NDDC) da lambar yabo ta musamman a fannin wasanni.
Ya ce an karrama shi ne saboda jajircewar hukumar ta NDDC wajen bunkasa wasanni ta hanyar wasannin Neja-Delta, wani shiri na wasanni da ya himmatu wajen bunkasa taurarin wasanni a yankin.
Shugaban ya ce ana shirin fara taron wasanni na kasa da kasa a duk shekara a wani bangare na bikin bayar da lambar yabo ta shekara.
A cewarsa, za a bayyana rana da wurin da za a gudanar da taron da kuma bikin karramawar karo na 12 jim kadan bayan kammala gasar AFCON da za a yi a Morocco.
NAN ta ruwaito cewa liyafar cin abincin masu ruwa da tsakin ta samu halartar masu kula da kwallon kafa, abokan hulda, editocin wasanni, mambobin kwalejin zabe, da wakilan kafafen yada labarai.(NAN)
Joseph Edeh ne ya gyara shi
