Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Peter Gregory Obi, has congratulated Nigerian football stars Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala for emerging CAF’s Men and Women Footballer of the Year, respectively, yesterday night in Morocco where the award was presented.. The talented Osimhen triumphed over Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah to win the coveted trophy during the CAF 2023 Awards held in Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday night.
Osimhen was only months old when Super Eagles legend Nwankwo Kanu was named CAF Player of the Year in 1999, and since then, no Nigerian footballer has ever won the award.
He has break a 24 years record from the west African players to cling to the award and he is the fifth in the Nigerian football history.
Reacting, Obi, in a tweet via his Twitter handle this morning, said he was proud of both the Napoli and Barcelona attackers.
“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,” Obi tweeted.
“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 doing so help to contribute to the development of our nation. These things are possible in the New Nigeria we are looking forward to.”
