Pinnick, in a statement released by Demola Olajire, Head of Communication, NFF, on Thursday, urged the team to commit heart, soul and spirit to the match.
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Six-pointer Nigeria are four points better than second-placed Cameroon, who arrive with the toga of African champions and believe their physique and aggressive play would prove a mountain to surmount for the hosts on the day.
Speaking on SuperSport programme, Soccer Africa, Pinnick assured that the three-time African champions will take their pound of flesh from the Bafana Bafana in South Africa.
The NFF President, alongside the Chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, Barrister Chris Green, and the Chairman of Akwa Ibom State Football Association, Emmanuel Iba, met with Emmanuel at the Government House in Uyo, where the Governor and his team assured the Federation officials that every item on the checklist for organization of the match was being painstakingly attended to
Speaking to BBC Sport, the NFF president confirmed that Morocco will receive CAF’s backing as they enter the bidding process, looking to become Africa’s second World Cup hosts.
Pinnick said: “This proposal is hinged on sporting, commercial and infrastructural reasons, and we believe that sooner than later, everyone would come to appreciate the position of the proponents of a bigger Africa Cup of Nations.
The Super Eagles official twitter handle: @NGSuperEagles, revealed that both men were at the Christie Clinic in Manchester where the goalkeeper is receiving treatment on Friday.
The former FIFA referee made this observation at the closing ceremony of this year’s FIFA Member Association Elite Programme for Nigerian referees, assessors and physical fitness trainers held in Abuja on Friday
Reacting to the development, Pinnick said: “To fellow Nigerians, we call on the entire football fraternity to join us in praying for Carl, and wishing him the very best as he faces an arduous but not impossible journey to full recovery.
While inaugurating the 11-member Committee, headed by NFF 1st Vice President/Chairman of Organising Committee, Seyi Akinwunmi, Pinnick insisted that the Committee’s membership was strategically drawn based on the core services of the two competitions.
The NFF supremo, who is also a member of the CAF Executive Committee and member of the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions, restated his administration’s resolve to tackling one of the big issues of Nigerian Football at the opening ceremony of this year’s FIFA Member Association Elite Programme for Nigerian referees, assessors and physical fitness trainers in Abuja on Monday.
Last year, more than 230 Nigerian referees, instructors and assessors were involved in the elite programme, which took place May 16 to 20, 2016, also in Abuja.
Pinnick, who is the Chairman of the African Cup of Nations at the Confederation of African Football, has also assured the Super Eagles will qualify for the Cameroon edition after sitting out the last two editions.
Pinnick, while speaking at the Lagos State Football Association’s Ekofootball Review Public Presentation on Wednesday, said the project, to be financed by a major partner of the NFF, will see six such projects completed in Jigawa, Osun, Bayelsa, Borno, Kwara and Abia States before the end of this year
The NFF and Aiteo Group signed a landmark five-year partnership agreement five weeks ago, which made the energy solutions company Optimum Partner of the NFF
The key highlights of the NFF Bill include legislations to ensure the entrenchment of the enabling environment for the development of football in Nigeria and to drive private sector participation and investment at all levels
The club’s Director of Football, Alloy Chukwuemeka, disclosed in a statement on Monday in Ilorin that the signing ceremony would also see the official launching of the club’s new kit
The commendations were contained in letters by Saraki and Dogara
His election was ratified by the congress of FIFA at its 67th Congress in Manama, Bahrain on Thursday
The high-calibre delegation to the 12th continental cadet competition is led by newly-elected CAF President, Ahmad, from Madagascar along with a member of the Executive Committee, Kwesi Nyantakyi from Ghana, and also includes 1988 African Player of the Year, Kalusha Bwalya, who would preside over the organising committee