The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has congratulated Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala for emerging winners in the 2023 African Players of the Year in the male and female category respectively.
He further congratulated Nnadozie Chiamaka for winning the 2023 CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year Award as well as the Super Falcons, for the winning the 2023 CAF award for the National Team of the Year.
In a post on his X handle on Tuesday, December 12, the former governor of Anambra state wrote: “I like to join all other sports lovers in the country to sincerely congratulate the Nigeria duo of #victorosimhen9 and #AsisatOshoala for emerging African Players of the Year, in the Men and Women categories respectively this year.
“While Osimhen has continued to trail the blaze in football even with his recent Italian Footballers’ Association (AIC) Player of the Year award for the 2022/23 Serie A Season, Oshoala has now made history as the first woman to win the award for a record six times.
“I also celebrate #Nadoziechiamaka who won the 2023 CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year Award and our Nigerian female football team, Super Falcons, who won the 2023 CAF award for the National Team of the Year.
“We are all proud of their awards, which bear witness to their innate talents, passions for growth, and determination for success. My sincere desire is that every Nigerian youth will have the needed enablement to explore and develop their talents, and skills and live to fulfill their dreams, and by so doing help to contribute to the development of our nation. These things are possible in the New Nigeria we are looking forward to.”
