Chairman Kogi State Football Association, Mallam Hassan Wada has congratulated Nigeria Super Eagles and Napoli FC of Italy forward, Victor Osimhen after he was crowned Africa’s Footballer of the year for 2023 at an elaborate and well attended ceremony in the tourist City of Marakech in Morrocco on Monday night.
The Kogi Football Boss said the Super Eagles goal poacher deserves the crown after posting a scintillating and superlative performance for both club and country in the last twelve months.
“A huge and massive congratulations to our own forward and goal machine, Victor Osimhen for bringing back home one of the most coveted football crown in Africa. An award that is making a return to Nigeria since 1999, after Kanu Nwankwo last won it.
“Victor has done immensely well for Nigeria and his Italian Club Napoli in recent times with his determination, Doggedness and penchant for goal “
“On behalf of Kogi State Football Association and the teeming Soccer loving Kogites, I say congratulations to the trio of Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen, Barcelona femeni, Asisat Oshoala and Paris FC’s Chiamaka Nnadozie for doing Nigeria proud at the 2023 CAF Awards,” Hassan Wada stated.
This crown is Massive and huge for Victor Osimhen who was also crowned CAF young player of the year in 2015 after performing creditably at the Under 17 FIFA world Cup, a feat he has replicated at the senior level.
He urged aspiring Kogi Footballers to emulate his consistentcy, determination and discipline that have turned him into a world class player.
Wada further urged the football community in Kogi to use football as a tool to promote peace and harmony amongst Kogites.
Victor Osimhen is the fifth Nigerian to have been voted CAF African Footballer of the year since the inception of the coveted Award and defeated Egypt’s Mohammed Salah and Achraf Hakimi of Morocco on his way to winning the crown.
