Malawi National football team prolific midfielder Chimwemwe Idana has on Thursday been crowned Mika Greenland Player of the month for the month of April.
Idana becomes the first player to win the award this season.
Mika Greenland is in a partnership with Silver Strikers FC where the former will award five players with a plot of land at Airwing in Lilongwe, a miniature and K100, 000.00 cash.
Idana, fellow midfielders Maxwell Paipi and Chikondi Kamanga as well as towering centre back Emmanuel Kaunga were nominated for the prize. The nomination was done by the team’s technical panel together with a subcommittee in charge of the award.
Idana scored three goals in April (two against Red Lions and one against Blue Eagles), had two assists and two FOL Man of the Match awards.
In reaction to the win, Idana said this will further motivate him to do well.
“I should say there’s strength in unity, this award is possible because of the blessing from God, the guidance from the technical panel and the togetherness with the whole squad. Owning land is no mean achievement, I’m very proud to win this award and this will change my life so much. This is something that even those that dont play football would wish to have”, said Idana.
Mika Greenland Sales Executive Mahala Kiwombwe said as a company they feel honored to fulfil their agreement with Silver Strikers FC in their quest to help in motivating players to do well.
“Today is a great day for Mika Greenland as we are motivating the best players at Silver Strikers. As you have observed this piece of land is at a good location with good road network, this is a must have piece of land. We would like to encourage other players to put in efforts to win this award.” he said.
The agreement was renewed early in April and will award more players than the three that were awarded last season.
Silver Strikers FC Chief Executive Officer Faith Mzungu Vilakati stressed the need for the corporate world to partner with Silver Strikers just like how Mika Greenland did.
“We are happy that the agreement for this season has kicked off as one of the players has won a piece of land today. We know that the players are hardworking and that they give it all for the team but this award will ignite the players to do extra. To the corporate world we expect to partner with more companies as Silver Strikers is open for business at any point in time. We believe football has moved from just being football therefore as we go on our commercialisation drive we expect to get more companies and organisations on board”, she said.
Under Mika Greenland is a set of companies such as Mika Greenland Properties, Mika Greenland Ink as well as Mika Greenland Welding and Fabrication.
