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July 10, 2019
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFFAmaju Pinnick has called on the Super Eagles to rise to the occasion and do thenation proud in today’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final battle with SouthAfrica in Cairo.
At a meeting with the players at breakfast, the manwho is also chief organiser of the AFCON 2019 championship, urged thethree-time champions to give their all when confronting the Bafana Bafana.
Pinnick also called on the Super Eagles to throughwinning, show gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari as a person, and theFederal Government as an institution, for all the ready support andencouragement over the years.
Pinnick, who is also the 1st Vice President ofConfederation of African Football, CAF then presented the sum of 75,000 dollarspromised the team by NFF’s Official Optimum Partner, AITEO Group, for theirthree goals against Cameroon in last Saturday’s round of 16.
Responding, team captain John Obi Mikel showeredencomiums on Pinnick and the NFF, noting that since the advent of hisadministration, things have improved tremendously for the Super Eagles.