Seven-time African champions, Super Falcons who arrived
Lagos around 4:15am on Monday morning to a warm reception from Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, Vice President, Seyi Akinwunmi, some
staff of the federation and National Sports Commission (NSC) staff will today
storm the nation’s capital Abuja.
The team, lodged at the Eko Hotel and Suites, flew aboard
South African Airlines with the Minister of Sports, Tammy Danagogo, who was on
ground to watch the girls beat Cameroon to reclaim the trophy they lost 2 years
ago.
Praising the team for winning the trophy for a record
seventh time, Danagogo at a media parley in the team’s hotel urged cooperate
sponsors to invest in the Super Falcons because they have great potential to
win major trophies for the country. “We must as a government do everything
possible to appreciate the crop of footballers we have in the Super Falcons. I
want to call on all Nigerians; all sports lovers to do everything possible to
appreciate these girls because I know that they went through so much odds to be
able to come back with the trophy. “Against all odds these girls proved to all
Nigerians and indeed Africa that they still remain the undisputed champions of
Africa. That is why I want all of us to support and encourage them and also to
ask corporate Nigeria to begin to look into how to support female football in
the country.”
“Nobody should be surprised that female football may be the
next easiest means for Nigeria to get trophies at the world stage, so we should
begin as a people and as corporate citizens to support these young girls
because from the discipline, passion and talent I see in them, I have no doubt
in my heart that very soon they will come back to Nigeria with the female World
Cup” said Danagogo.
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