President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Evangelist Solomon Ogba has been given a ‘Special Recognition Award’ for his outstanding contribution towards the growth of sports in Nigeria’ at the 17th edition of City People Awards for Excellence 2014, held in Lagos.
In his citation, the judges acknowledged Ogba is a shining symbol of the irrepressible spirit of the quintessential Nigeria sports developer, passionate, committed, resilient and extremely hardworking.
“Being the 1st Vice President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee and the President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Ogba has played a great role in the development of sports in the country. It is on record today that Nigeria is the only country in the world that has won three championships in three different categories in athletics within one year. Even the best footballing nations in the world has not won three categories of international competition in a year,” The citation stated.
Meanwhile, reacting to the award, the AFN President, thanked City People for recognizing him and promise to continue doing his best.
However, the City award, which started since March 1997 had presented awards for Excellence to outstanding individuals and corporate organizations that had excelled in various fields of endeavors in Business, politics and governance, entrepreneurship, showbiz, fashion and style, sports and entertainment.
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of City People, Dr. Seye Kehinde during his welcome address said: “Over the years and in all facets of the awards, City People has added new innovations to make the show an all-embracing one and I am appealing to more successful individuals in all spheres of our national life to be goal getters,” he said.
