Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State will be the chief host of a special dinner organised by the Lagos State Government for the Super Eagles on Tuesday night.
This will be hours before the three-time champions depart to participate in the 34th Africa Cup of Nations.
The finals, starting this weekend, will be hosted by Cote d’Ivoire.
The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, will be co-host of the glamourous 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.
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The 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 the NFF Management; Chairman and Board of the Lagos State Football Association; respected football investor, Hon. Kunle Soname; former Super Eagles 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.
Gusau on Monday expressed the appreciation of the Football Federation to Governor Sanwo-Olu and his administration for their magnanimity.
He said: “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.”