NFF Replies Sports Minister: Why Chan Eagles, Falcons And Eaglets Failed - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
November 20, 2019
The Nigeria FootballFederation, NFF has blamed the serial poor outings by the various nationalteams on inadequate and late release of funds.
The federation alsocited the prolonged leadership tussles for the soul of the nation’s footballand the probe of officials of the board over ‘false corruption allegations asother reasons for the poor outing of the national teams at variousinternational competitions.
The Minister of Sportsand Youth Development, Sunday Dare, had a queried the NFF demanding explanationfor the poor showings by the Super Falcons, CHAN Eagles, Golden Eaglets andOlympic Eagles in recent international matches/tournaments.
NFF President AmajuPinnick argued that the best performance indicator for any country ininternational football is the A team, in this case Super Eagles, which inrecent times drew with five–time world champions, Brazil and Ukraine infriendlies, and defeated Benin Republic and Lesotho in 2021 AFCON qualifyingmatches.