The Embassies of United States of America and Germany have granted entry visas into their different countries to the players and officials of the Super Eagles ahead of some important programmes in the summer.
The General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, Barrister Musa Amadu, on Monday praised the two Embassies for their usual co-operation.
Amadu said: “The American and German Embassies have always been very understanding and we salute them for
this.
“The Super Eagles have received their entry visas into Germany for the training camp and have also been issued entry visas into the United States for the prestigious friendly with Mexico at the end of this month.”
The delegation of home-based professionals and officials will depart Nigeria on the night of May 16 for two weeks training camp in Nuremberg, Germany, and will fly into Texas, USA on May 29 for the friendly against the CONCACAF champions, Mexico, at the Reliant Stadium, Houston on May 31.
After the match, the team will return to Germany on June 1 and fly out to Nairobi in the early hours of June 4, to arrive in the morning of same day and train ahead of the 2014 World Cup qualifier the following day at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani.
On June 7, the team will fly out of Nairobi to Windhoek, where another 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier is set for June 12 against Namibia.
The day after the match, the delegation will connect Johannesburg from Windhoek and fly to Sao Paulo in Brazil for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Also, players and officials of the U-20 national team, the Flying Eagles, will leave for a training camp in Germany on May 11.
The team will be there until May 27 when it flies out to France for the Toulon Invitational Youth Tournament.
After the tournament on June 8, the Flying Eagles will return to the camp in Germany and be there until June 17, when they are due to fly to Turkey for the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals.
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