November 01, (THEWILL) – The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has pledged to give the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) its full support to turn the World Cup bronze medalists, Flamingos, into world champions, given their innate talent, skills, and demonstrated ability.
Sunday Dare made this commitment during his remarks at a ceremony at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium on Tuesday, where he hosted the Flamingos, who finished as bronze medalists in the recently concluded 7th FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup finals.
The Minister said: “We commend you for the way you performed without fear and held up the flag to win a historic bronze for our country in this competition. I praise the NFF for the support to the team right from their screening through the qualifiers and to the arrangements for final camping in Turkey and the final tournament in India. We must also commend the coaching crew for their steadfastness in imparting the right knowledge to the players.
“I will be happy to see these players graduate from this level to the U20 and then to the senior team, because they have the skills and talent, and demonstrated ability to do very well. The Ministry will give NFF the right support to achieve that. They have served well – as good ambassadors of our country on and off the pitch.”
At the airport, a dummy cheque of N3 million that Ahmed Musa, the captain of the Super Eagles, promised the Flamingos was presented to the team and they were guaranteed an additional $10,000 from Alhaji Aminu Balele Kurfi, chairman of the NFF Task Force on Youth Competitions.
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