The Nigeria Football Federation has congratulated the Minister of
Sports/Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Bolaji
Abdullahi, as the latter celebrates his birthday on Monday (today).
The President of the NFF, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, admitted at the
weekend that Abdullahi’s masterstroke of forging peace within the
Nigeria football family and giving ample support to the NFF to
adequately prepare Nigeria’s National Teams for major matches and
championships, have contributed immensely to the new heights that our
football is scaling.
Maigari said: “The Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports
Commission deserves all the plaudits that we can offer. He is a
dynamic person with plenty of ideas and also very pragmatic.
“There is absolutely no doubt that he is one man energetically working
to give meaning and essence to the Transformation Agenda of President
Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
Nigeria’s football has found its rudder on the back of a
carefully-negotiated peace resolution and Abdullahi, against the
preferred posture of his predecessors, opted to work harmoniously with
the Nigeria Football Federation to drive the country’s game to heights
previously considered too high.
In Abdullahi’s 20 months in charge of the National Sports Commission,
Nigeria has achieved a first Africa Cup of Nations trophy in 19 years,
a first-ever participation in the real FIFA Confederations Cup
tournament, first-ever qualification for the African Nations
Championship, a first-ever Football House for the NFF and motivated
the football body to put together the youngest and most promising U-17
team ever.
Both Abdullahi and the NFF are presently working assiduously to reach
another milestone – Super Eagles’ qualification for the 2014 FIFA
World Cup finals in Brazil.
The Golden Eaglets are also looking to lift the FIFA U-17 World Cup in
the United Arab Emirates later in the year.
Maigari added: “The NFF and Nigeria football family are very happy
with the Honourable Minister and we pray that God will continue to
give him the strength of character and wisdom to push through all his
brilliant ideas of setting Nigeria sports on the right path
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