Super Falcons as they arrives abuja and received by Presidency, NFF
The Chief of Staff to the President and Commander-In-Chief of the
Federal Republic, Alhaji Abba Kyari, was at the head of a delegation of
prominent Nigerians and top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation
that received the Super Falcons on arrival in Abuja on Sunday evening.
9-time African champions, Super Falcons, flew into the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport minutes before 4pm, aboard an ASKY Airline
flight from Accra, and were received by Kyari, NFF General Secretary,
Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, the Honourable Minister for Women Affairs, Hajiya
Aisha Abubakar as well as other officials of the NFF.
The Super Falcons edged a resilient South African Banyana Banyana
side 4-3 on penalties after a scoreless 120 minutes, to lift the top
African women football diadem for the third successive time and ninth
time overall.
Alhaji Kyari commended the girls for a job well done, praising them
for their tenacity, energy, determination, and patriotic fervour.
Falcons and Abba Kyari
“On behalf of Mr. President, who is not in the country at the moment, we say welcome and well done to you,” Kyari said during his address to the girls at the Starview Hotel in Abuja.
“We are proud of you and your representation of the country. In
fact, as we were leaving the airport, two eminent Nigerians called and
donated the sum of N50million and N25 million respectively to your team.
Please rest very well. We will get back to you with the activities
lined up for you in the coming days.”
According to the thenff.com, the two eminent Nigerians who donated
money are Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Chairman of Dangote Group) and Alhaji
Abdulsamad Rabiu (Chairman of BUA company).
It was also learnt that the Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory, Alhaji Mohammed Musa Bello, will host the team on Monday, 3rd
December 2018.
Sanusi, also added: “On behalf of the leadership of the NFF, we
are grateful for the support from the Nigerian Government which has
seen the team excel at the Cup of Nations. The girls have promised to do
their best to represent the country very well at the 2019 FIFA Women’s
World Cup.”
📽 HIGHLIGHTS .. Nigeria - South Africa [0-0] 4-3
— Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations (@CAF_AWCON) December 1, 2018
Final #TotalAWCON18 pic.twitter.com/1WLh5bnF51
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