President of NFF, Mr Amaju Pinnick has thanked the governor of Delta state, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa for his support to the Super Eagles, after stating that the team had qualified for the 2019 edition of AFCON.
in his speech, he said “We should thank Governor Okowa for not just chesting out for NFF but giving us everything we need to qualify for AFCON. I am a very proud Deltan. We have come to Delta, we have seen and we can testify that things are okay.”
“In March, 2019, the Super Eagles will come back to Delta State to play with another international team, please, continue to support the Super Eagles”, Pinnick added.
Captain of the Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa who spoke on behalf of the Super Eagles, thanked Governor Okowa and the people of Delta State for their support for the Super Eagles.
“We will love to come back here again and on behalf of my team mates, we say thank you,” he said, while expressing confidence that Governor Okowa will be re-elected in 2019 to enable him join the Super Eagles as Special Guest of Honour at AFCON in Cameroon.”
High point of the event was the presentation of a Super Eagles jersey signed up by all the members of the team to Governor Okowa, while the governor in turn, presented the money he promised the team for every goal scored to the Captain of the Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa.
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