The League Management Company (LMC), has confirmed that the yet-to-be-unveiled highest goal scorer award for the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), will be named after Rashidi Yekini.
LMC chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, explained that the decision was arrived at, in order to immortalise the late Super Eagles striker, who scored a total of 37 goals in 58 appearances for the country.
“There is a broad plan to institute awards and honour outstanding players, officials, key stakeholders and fans in the league at the end of every season,” he stated in a statement on the league’s website.
“There are a number of factors that led us to reach the decision to name one of these awards, that of the highest goal scorer, after the late Rashidi Yekini.
“The awards is part of strategic plans of the LMC to create commercial value and additional revenues out of the assets inherent in the league property”.
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