The Nigerian Football Federation has urged cooperate organizations to invest in the Nigerian League to help in developing it.
The NFF President made this assertion when MTN hosted the Super Eagles team to a breakfast meeting in Abuja following their second place finish in the just concluded AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire.
While delivering his speech during the Tuesday dinner in Abuja, Gusau revealed his happiness despite Nigeria finishing as a runner-up to the host nation on Sunday:
“All of us here today (Tuesday) would have loved to be celebrating here with the trophy, but unfortunately, God knows why. But we thank God, at least, as we heard from the captain, this is the beginning of the new dawn as far as Nigerian football is concerned.
He appreciated MTN for their support and urged other corporate organizations to follow in the same step:
“I want to use this opportunity to thank MTN for their support and I hope that other corporate organizations will come up to see how they can support us more because without the finances we cannot achieve what we have been able to achieve. So, we need more organizations to come and support us so that we can continue to build on what we have so far built.”
The Chief Executive Officer, of MTN Nigerian, Karl Toriola, appreciated the players for their commitment:
“What I liked about this team, which we haven’t seen in other teams of other nations, was the visible emotional commitment to succeed. Unfortunately, we didn’t bring the cup home, but that was always going to be difficult when you are playing against your host country. It was incredible and the resilience that you showed getting to the final.
“You guys have shown your complete commitment through your leadership, and we are extremely proud of you for supporting the Nigerian Football Federation and the Super Eagles,” he stated.
The Chairman, MTN Board of Directors, Prof. Ernest Ndukwe stated that MTN will continue to support the growth of Sports in the country.
“This is because MTN is a sports-loving organization. Over the years, we have always wanted to support the Supper Eagles in various ways. MTN is fully committed to supporting the Super Eagles.”
“We are building a nation where sports have a great role to play as a unifying force. So if we support sports, we are promoting unity among Nigerians.” He added.
