Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala has queried the exclusion of female nominee as voting for the BBC’s African Player of the Year prize opens.

The BBC African Footballer of the Year (previously known as the BBC African Sports Star of the Year and the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year) is an annual award given to the best African footballer of the year as voted by the BBC radio listeners.

The advocate for women in football believes there are sensational female footballers who emerged from the continent and are making significant impact in the round leather game both at their club side and at international level.

BBC on Saturday in London during a special live launch broadcast announced the five-man shortlist for BBC African Footballer of the Year which has since been greeted with mixed reactions in Nigeria and other African countries.

Reacting on the nomination, the Nigeria’s Super Falcons striker and Dalian Quanjian F.C. forward, who was recently crowned Chinese Women’s Super League ‘Best Striker of the season’ for 2017 took to her tweeter to query the nomination of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Naby Keita, Sadio Mane, Victor Moses and Mohamed Salah.

She said, “How long are we going to continue complaining about ONE SIDED AWARDS?” She emphases part of her complain in cap-slog adding “ONLY MALE PLAYER AGAIN.” And the obviously disappointed former BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award holder ended her reaction by saying “WHAT A SHAME.”

How long are we going to continue complaining about ONE SIDED AWARDS ?
Only MALE PLAYERS AGAIN.
What a SHAME !! https://t.co/vCB0V71pa6

— ASISAT M.O.N (@AsisatOshoala) November 12, 2017