Aisha Buhari, Asisat, 1999 Super Falcons dazzle at NFF-Aiteo Football Awards

The third edition of the annual NFF-Aiteo Football Awards took the City of Lagos by storm on Monday night, with the country’s First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Aisha Buhari, as well as four-time African Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala, home-based professional Gift Monday and the Super Falcons’ class of 1999 the star attraction at the glamour event inside the Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island.

Scuttled by the global coronavirus pandemic that has wreaked havoc worldwide since the beginning of year 2020, the third edition of the showpiece event was planned on a smaller scale but blossomed and and became magnified as the night wore on, with the wife of the Chief Naval Staff, Hajiya Nana Aisha Gambo (representing the First Lady); First Lady of Lagos State, Dr (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu; FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura; Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu; Aiteo’s Executive Vice President Francis Peters; FIFA Executive Member Isha Johansen; CAF Executive Member Kanizat Ibrahim; CAF chieftain Danny Jordaan; daughters of the First Lady of the Federal Republic – Halima, Zahra and Noor; NFF Executive Committee Members and Management; top guns of the Lagos State Sports Commission and FA; NFF partners and sponsors; corporate titans; squad members of the 1999 Super Falcons; squad members of the Women ‘A’ teams of Nigeria and Cameroon and; leading football stakeholders, in the hall.

Former NFF President, Col. Abdulmumini Aminu (rtd); Sarah Bareman (FIFA Head of Women’s Football); Barr. Allen Onyema (Chairman of Air Peace); Distinguished Senator Obinna Ogba (Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports); AIG Garba Umar Baba (Nigeria’s Interpol Officer and NFF’s Senior Adviser on Security); Aiteo Group’s Samira Buhari and; Dr Aliyu Oroje Wammako (President of Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria) were also present.

President of the NFF and FIFA Council Member, Amaju Melvin Pinnick heaped plaudits on Dr Aisha Buhari, in whose name the six-nation invitational tournament concluded on Tuesday in Lagos was held, and disclosed that her passion, interest, attention and commitment to the challenges confronting women, the girl-child and the less privileged in general motivated the Aisha Buhari Cup event. The First Lady was honoured with the award of Best Supporter of Women’s Football.

Silas Nwankwo and Charles Atshimene, who shared the honours of top scorer in the last NPFL season with 19 goals, were joint winners of the Best Performance of the Year (Men; Nigeria-based) while Paul Onuachu emerged Best Performer for the overseas-based crew. Super Eagles’ forward Onuachu scored 35 goals in 41 games for his Belgian club Genk and two crucial goals in the Super Eagles’ successful qualifying campaign for the 2021 AFCON finals.

Oshoala, who Spanish club FC Barcelona won the UEFA Champions League, emerged best performer (Women; Overseas-based) while Gift Monday, top scorer in the NWFL season, was crowned best performer on the home front.

Akwa United FC, Bayelsa United FC, Kennedy, Boboye, Moses Adukwu, Joseph Ogabor, Patience Madu, Ahmed Musa and NFFTV and NPFLTV were other winners, while Princess Bola Ngozi Jegede was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award (collected by her son, Christopher). There were also post-humous awards to Prince Larry Eze and Ms Henrietta Ukaigwe for contributions to women football development.

Lagos State was honoured with Host State of the Year and Edo State was recognized with Award of Commitment to Women Footbal Excellence.

Comperes Ay (Ayo Makun) and Ufuoma McDermott brought even more glamour and dazzle to the night by calling the members of the Super Falcons class of 1999 to the stage, with 14 of the 20 players present on the night: Nkiru Okosieme, Rita Nwadike, Mercy Akide, Ann Chiejine, Yinka Kudaisi, Marvis Ogun, Maureen Mmadu, Stella Mbachu, Gloria Usieta, Adanna Nwaneri, Florence Iweta, Nkechi Egbe, Judith Chime and Martha Tarhemba. The deceased Ifeanyi Chiejine was represented by her sister.

AWARD WINNERS:

Best Performance of the Year (Men; Nigeria-based): Silas Nwankwo/Charles Atshimene

Best Performance of the Year (Men; Overseas-based): Paul Onuachu

Best Performance of the Year (Women; Nigeria-based): Gift Monday

Best Performance of the Year (Women; Overseas-based): Asisat Oshoala

Club of the Year (Men): Akwa United FC

Club of the Year (Women): Rivers Angels FC

Coach of the Year (Men): Kennedy Boboye

Coach of the Year (Women): Moses Adukwu

Referee of the Year (Men): Joseph Ogabor

Referee of the Year (Women): Patience Ndidi Madu

Memorable Performance of the Year: Bayelsa United FC

Host State of the Year: Lagos State

Best Supporter of Women’s Football: Dr (Mrs) Aisha Buhari

Commitment to Women’s Football Excellence: Edo State

Inspirational Award: Ahmed Musa

Innovation Award: NFFTV/NPFLTV

Special Recognition Award: Super Falcons Class of 1999

Lifetime Achievement Award: Princess Bola Ngozi Jegede

Post-humous Award: Prince Larry Eze/ Ms Henrietta Ukaigwe

https://www.thenff.com/2021/09/aisha-buhari-asisat-1999-super-falcons-dazzle-at-nff-aiteo-football-awards/

Eyahhhhh...

Our female footballers,na them dey give us joy...... Unlike these their present day male counterparts,the super eagles wey dey play anywhere belle face kind of football

Kudos to them

ok ooh

H

Respect

Well built ladies

Abegi let me hear word jare

This country na wa

Congrats to them

Real Slay Queens not send me 2k slay Queens

What's Aisha doing there, shebi him guy say she belongs to the Oza room, that was why she ran to Dubai.


Madam in the history of first ladies in Nigeria, you worst.

I respect you Aisha. Love you with all my heart

That woman Aisha Buhari is the biggest Scam among President wifes. Today she make us belief she love us tomorrow she will be flexing our money in real time. She truly know how to play the psychology game of RAT blow the leg breeze and chop the meat real good.

They are all mamas now no time to keep fit.

They succumbed to xenophobic attack from Bayana Bayana and lost the Aisha Invitational maiden cup to them.

Sonnobax15:

Eyahhhhh...

Our female footballers,na them dey give us joy...... Unlike these their present day male counterparts,the super eagles wey dey play anywhere belle face kind of football

Kudos to them

I doubt if the falcons have actually won any tournament out the chores of africa

That coach that allowed bayana bayana to win super falcons on Nigerian soil and Lagos for that matter should be sacked with immediate effect!

That win pain me o. Allowing those people to shine with our great super falcons is unacceptable.

South Africa likes Competing with Nigeria....

This Time they won....

But My Joy is that they won the Buhari Cup...

Let them Come and win the Real Buhari too abeg....

If only they knew what they're taking to their country.... They'll sharperly leave the Cup for us at MMIA

Stale news.....NL n replay

good one

Sonnobax15:

Eyahhhhh...

Our female footballers,na them dey give us joy...... Unlike these their present day male counterparts,the super eagles wey dey play anywhere belle face kind of football

Kudos to them

It's obvious you no longer watch football

Sonnobax15:

Eyahhhhh...

Our female footballers,na them dey give us joy...... Unlike these their present day male counterparts,the super eagles wey dey play anywhere belle face kind of football

Kudos to them

like losing 4-2 to south Africa. When last did you watch them play

Una try

By their biceps,wide shoulders,strong faces...thou shalt know them...

Bug damn,they are sexy

I'm able to face match 7 of them

Ok

Why are they being honoured, did they win the 1999 world cup?

It's so emotional reading the names of the Super Falcons of 1999.
I remember watching their exploits in that competition especially coming from the back heels of Nigeria's Super Eagles performances in USA 94 and France 98.
I even had a crush on Mercy Akide and our goalkeeper Ann Chiejina. I believe they were the youngest pair then.

How times fly...

My surname namesake: "Mbachu Stella"

One thing i love about sports women is that they always look athletic even after retirement, unlike so many regular Nigerian women with pot bellies competing with men of green bottles.