Building credible award our watchword, says Ilaboya

Organisers of the annual Sportsville awards said they had received two pleasant surprise messages from two most respected individuals in sports journalism and sports marketing.

The man behind the awards, Mr. Frank Ilaboya said, “Members of the Organising Committee and I are deeply humbled by these messages which touched on the credibility of Sportsville Special Recognition Awards.”

Mr Jenkins Alumona and Taye Ige, MD/CEO of Flykite Productions and President/CEO of HotSports Group, respectfully spoke about the credibility of the annual awards on Friday February 23.

Alumona, a nominee in the Creative & Innovation Category in this year’s awards, is said to be the one who started the credibility story.

He said: “The need for inducements is primarily why I have refused many awards in the past. I am so happy that this award is one devoid of pressures of any type and it is completely the result of the efforts of I and my team to participate in the progress of Nigerian football using the vehicle of the Naija Super 8.

Ilaboya said Mr Taye Ige was the next personality who commended the organisers for their credibility.

“This is not the kind of awards where the organisers will be soliciting for some kind of patronage or any type of hidden payments.

“I was privileged to be a recipient of one of the awards a few years ago and I must confess that I was wowed with the high level of honesty, transparency and professionalism of the organisers,” he added.

This year’s Sportsville award will be held at the Blessing Hall of the Eko Club on Friday, March 1, to celebrate the best of the best.