The single-country, one-leg format was adopted to conclude the competitions last season, due to the COVID-19 outbreak that disrupted the football calendar.
When Messi won in 2021, there was an enormous outcry that former Bayern Munich striker, Robert Lewandowski was robbed after winning the sextuple in 2020. The awards were cancelled after COVID-19 disrupted the football calendar.
In 2020 the federal government of Nigeria closed the Nigerian border to stop the influx of foreign rice into the country which it banned, this move was made to encourage local production and improve local farming.