Rashidi Yekini Foundation Picks Date To Honour Gbolahan Salami

Rashidi Yekini Foundation has concluded plan to honour the 2015 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL)’ highest goal scorer, Gbolahan Salami on 3rd December in an event slated for media center of Obafemi Awolowo Stadium Ibadan.

Cash incentive of one hundred thousand naira and one of the soccer boots used by the late ‘Goal-King’ would be presented to the Warri Wolves striker who netted 17 goals to emerge top.

The event according to the counsel to late Yekini, Barr. Jubril Olanrewaju Mohammed who is also a member and spokesperson of the Yekini Foundation is in fulfillment of the pledge made by the foundation to institute an award for the NPFL top scorer in memory of the late Super Eagles’ legend, Rashidi Yekini who died more than three years ago.

The first daughter of Yekini, Mariam that is schooling at Leicester University United Kingdom according to the lawyer and the second one, Yemisi that had just gained admission to study law in University of Ilorin are expected to grace the event and present the award to the winner.

“The main objective of the foundation is to etch the name ‘Yekini’ in a sand of times, because we have come to realized that, it won’t be easy organizing a memorial event for him annually, but instituting an award in our league where my late client had recorded highest goals severally and also with the national team would be more logical”, the counsel noted

Other dignitaries expected at the event includes the colleagues of late Yekini, officials of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), Ibadan based ex-internationals and well-wishers.

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