Nigerian Sports Award Hails Blessing Okagbare for Diamond League Triumph
Unmissables Incentives Limited – organisers of the Nigerian Sports Award has commended Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare for her outstanding performance at the ongoing Shanghai Diamond League.
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare who is also the reigning fastest woman in Africa displayed an excellent performance at the event setting new records and winning the Women’s Long Jump and 200 metres events.
Blessing Okagbare won the Sportswoman of the Year and the Track & Field Star of the Year awards at the 2013 edition of the prestigious Nigerian Sports Award for her exploits and excellent performance in the world of sport.
According to the General Manager, Unmissable Incentives Limited, Mr. Kayode Idowu, Nigerian Sports Award is very proud of the achievement of Blessing Okagbare at the Shanghai Diamond League dominating the track and field event with two Gold medals in Long Jump and 200 metres race.
‘’On behalf of the Award Panel and all sports loving Nigerians, we want to congratulate our own Blessing Okagbare, the winner of the Sportswoman of the Year at the 2013 edition of the Nigerian Sports Award for making Nigeria and indeed Africa proud in the Diamond League and for setting a new record’’ He said.
Idowu noted that Okagbare’s feat at the Diamond League has justified the two awards she bagged at the 2013 edition of the Nigerian Sports Award and another testimonial for the awards.
He also commended Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan who coincidentally won the Sports Governor of the Year in 2013 for the unflinching support of the Delta State Government to Okagbare who hails from the state by sponsoring her trips and training and also supporting her education.
Idowu used the medium to restate that nomination is on for 2014 edition of the Nigerian Sports Award. He then call on Nigerians sports enthusiasts to visit the official website for the award i.e. http://www.nigeriansportsaward.com to nominate their sports personalities for the different categories.
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