President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently hosting Nigeria’s National football team, the Super Eagles at the State House Council Chambers.
This is coming barely 48 hours after the teams inability to secure victory against the host country Côte d’Ivoire at the just concluded African Cup Of Nation 2023 finals held on Sunday 11 February 2024.
It was learnt that that all team members and officials were in attendance.
In a statement issued earlier, Tinubu who had commended the team, the coach, the crew and the entire management team for their “hard work, assiduity, and sacrifice to come this have come to made it to the finals in the tournament, also acknowledged the hurdles the team consistently surpassed with steadily improving performance as they pulled through to the finals.
Tinubu had urged Nigerians to be of good cheer, stressed in parts; “we won a great victory in the hearts of Africa and the world by our grit, rigors, and determination in the field of play.”
Let this passing event not dispirit us, but bring us together to work harder. We are a great nation bound as one by the green-white-green banner of resilience, joy, hope, duty, and untiring love”.
President Tinubu who emphasized that cherished Nigerian youths expressing their gifts in communities, drawing lines in the sand as they play football in their humble rectangles of play, can be the nation’s heroes tomorrow, charged them not to relent in their pursuit as his administration would make such dreams come true.
It was also gathered that the president splashed the star-studded team which came 2nd at the tournament, with gifts ranging from, flats, lands among others.
Details shortly…
