By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar –
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, has expressed optimism that Super Eagles will win next month’s African Cup of Nations (AFCON) championship.
He stated that Nigeria’s chances to win the 2024 edition of AFCON are very bright.
The NFF President interfaced with journalists in Ikom LGA in central Cross River State when John Owan-Enoh, sports development minister, held a Thanksgiving Service in a Holy Triny Catholic Church Ikom Town
According to him, they have done much to prepare Nigeria’s Super Eagles to participate in the tournament, and the Federal Government has also released their requests to enable their participation.
AFCON, which was to be held last year, was moved to this year and will be held in Cote d’Ivoire from 13 January 2024.
Gusau said, “Our chances at the upcoming AFCON are very bright. We have done much to prepare our national football team well for the continental football fiesta.
“Government has so far approved what we requested to enable us have good participation at the Nations’ Cup. So we are confident that we are ready to beat other competitors.
“We have 25 quality, young and vibrant players to represent Nigeria. I want to say that we we’re ready to do the country proud.”
“We want Nigerians to support the team with prayers, which reason we have joined the sports minister in Ikom to jointly pray for the players and success.”
He also spoke about sanitizing the NFF holistically to enable them to have even better chances at the premier and other leagues.
“We’re still trying our best to clear the backlog of what we met. With what we are doing in the less than two years, we hope to completely sanitise the system to consolidate our winning chances at all continental championships and better our leagues,” he added.
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