Glo/CAF Awards - CAF Applauds Globacom

Globacom Limited has received commendation from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the successful ceremonies of the Glo-CAF Awards which held on February 16 in Abuja, Nigeria.

Suleimanu Habuba, the CAF Director of Communication said in Lagos shortly before departing for Cairo, that the Confederation was most impressed by the commitment of Globacom to deliver a world class event as manifested in the arrangements made to fly in the nominees and the state-of-art facilities which glamorized the event.

“CAF is highly impressed and wish to commend Globacom Limited for this demonstration of commitment not only to uplift the annual awards ceremony, but also to raise the standard of football in Africa to new heights as it amply demonstrated by facilitating the attendance of nominees to the event.

“Globacom is commended for going the extra-mile of stationing jets in two European cities- Barcelona and London, to fly in the nominees and this no doubt raised the profile of the awards in the eyes of the global football community”, Habuba declared.

The CAF official said it is also heart-warming that the award ceremonies ended up a successful global event with a television audience that cut across Africa and Europe. In his words, “That the Glo-CAF Award ceremony was broadcast to a huge television audience means that these African players and other recipients were not only honoured before the more than 1000 guests at the venue, but also before the over 120 million Nigerians who viewed the live broadcast on Nigeria Television Authority and others who watched on satellite channels such as Ghana Television, Eurosports, SuperSports, TV3 Catalunya amongst other networks round the world”.

CAF also commended Globacom for the facilities deployed at the venue, noting that “the state-of-the-art facilities created the right ambience and transformed the event into a world class show befitting of the continental award. We are indeed delighted that the partnership with Globacom has repositioned the awards just in its first year”.

The Glo-CAF Awards was attended by important personalities including Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the Senate President, Ken Nnamani, Deputy Senate President, Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Austin Okpara and Nobel Lauret, Professor Wole Soyinka. Stakeholders in Nigeria sports including the Sports Minister, Dr. Saidu Sambawa, three former Sports Ministers, four former Chairmen of Nigeria Football Association as well a good number of ex-international players.