President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, has said the team and the federation are highly elated to be given national honour, Daily Sun reports.
He said: “This is a great day for all of us. You can see how the President received the team and we are highly elated to say that we have been honoured with MON, to all our entire team including myself and my general secretary. That is a great thing that has happens to this country. That shows that Nigerians are really happy especially the President. We thank God for the support given to this team and by the grace of God we will continue to do our best to ensure that we make Nigerians happy through football.
Ahead of World cup qualifiers, next qualifier for the world cup in June, we have a FIFA Window that we are trying to organize high quality matches for the team for them to prepare for the match in June.
“We will give the coach all the necessary support needed for us to ensure that our team is fit in the next round of qualifier.”
Troost Ekong, the team’s vice-captain and most valuable player expressed gratitude to President Tinubu for his support, expressing a desire to present a trophy rather than silver medals.
