Six years after they last appeared at the African Nations Championship, Nigeria, for the very first time, squashed Ghana 3-1 in an African Nations Championship qualifying fixture played on Saturday at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo to earn the ticket to the eighth instalment of the competition scheduled for Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda in February 2025.
In six minutes, Remo Stars duo of Sadiq Ismail, Nduka Junior and Rangers’ Isaac Saviour scored a goal each as the Super Eagels-B wrote a new chapter in the history of contests between both nations at this level, and it was seriously not at a turn that Ghana would have wanted it.
Ghana hit one back with 18 minutes left to play, when the precocious Stephen Amankona fired to the blind side of goalkeeper Henry Ozoemena after an exchange of passes with Albert Amoah.
President of NFF, Alhaji Gusau said: “We are very happy to end the year on a high. Returning to the African Nations Championship has been part of our agenda and we are happy to have achieved that.
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“Now, the real work begins, which is to ensure that the team is adequately prepared to go for the trophy in East Africa early next year.”
Super Eagles-B coach, Daniel Ogunmodede also said it was not yet time for celebrations. “We are happy to have given Nigerians a good gift for this yuletide period, but we will not over-celebrate this achievement and forget the crux of the matter.
“We will work hard so that we can contend very well for the trophy at the finals in February.”
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