Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu will be the chief host of a special dinner organized by the Lagos State Government for the Super Eagles on Tuesday night, hours before the three-time champions are set to depart for Cote d’Ivoire to participate in the 34th Africa Cup of Nations finals starting this weekend.
Sports Development Minister, Senator John Owan Enoh will be co-host of the glamour event, to which Governors Douye Diri (Bayelsa State), Seyi Makinde (Oyo State), Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta State), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa State) and Godwin Obaseki (Edo State) have been invited.
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau is the host, with top officials of the Lagos State Government, a couple of parliamentarians, NFF Executive Committee members, representatives of NFF’s corporate partners and sponsors, few members of NFF Management, Chairman and Board of the Lagos State Football Association, respected football investor Hon. Kunle Soname, former Nigeria captain Dr. Olusegun Odegbami, leading artistes, top celebrities and influencers also to attend.
Vintage guests are the 25 players selected for Nigeria’s onslaught for a fourth Africa Cup of Nations title, as well as their officials, who will all arrive in Lagos aboard a chartered aircraft on Tuesday evening.
NFF President Musa Gusau on Monday expressed the appreciation of the Football Federation to Governor Sanwo-Olu and his administration for their magnanimity.
“The NFF and the Nigeria Football fraternity are grateful to Governor Sanwo-Olu and his administration for agreeing to host the team to the Send Forth ceremony. It is an occasion to tell the players how much Nigerians will be supporting them at the Africa Cup of Nations Championship. The Honourable Minister of Sports Development will deliver a message from Mr. President. We believe that the event, anchored on the Let’s Do It Again theme, will galvanise the team to go for a fourth continental title in Cote d’Ivoire.”
The Nigeria contingent to the 34th Africa Cup of Nations will depart Lagos on Wednesday morning for the 80-minute flight to Abidjan, where the team will compete in Group A against host nation Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea Bissau. The delegation will be led by Chairman of NFF Technical and Development Committee, Alhaji Sharif Rabiu Inuwa.
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Host them to a special dinner ke…for tournament wey dem go wombble, fumble and crash out at the early stage??
I don’t understand why waste tax payers money??
You are really a monkey don’t you have anything to do oh.
LMAO! You that have something doing and you came under my comment..wow!
@ubah I’ve never seen a negative person like that guy honestly. He’s too negative, the bile in his system is overwhelming and it beats my imagination. I agree this current is nothing to write home about. The Rohr that he keeps calling ROAR wasn’t good as well, those boys only won matches because they wanted to win. Rohr was tactical inept, couldn’t even explain what style his team plays when asked. The guy is very funny. I’ve been reading comments here for over two years , I’ve never ever seen that Monkey Post guy make sense ever! Not once!! I wonder how you guys cope with him. lol
Ob no be only ob if you like hide under any stupid I.d, it still wouldn’t hide your stupidity…lol
They should just go direct to Abidjan.
No need to come Lagos . Guinea is beating Dem already 2 :0 ..I told u this coach wil not come back from Abidjan to Abuja.. after the group game .
Quote me. Sanwo Olu is looking for an avenue to steal money.
He will claim he used #200Billion Naira to organize the dinner