Imoke, whose administration has hugely supported the reinvigoration of the senior national football team, the Super Eagles, and the U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, will be honoured alongside the Minister of Sports/Chairman, National Sports Commission, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi; the members of the executive committee and management of the Nigeria Football Federation; Super Eagles’ players; and a dozen stars of the Nollywood industry on a night that aptly marries football and entertainment
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Competent sources informed our correspondent that an advance team from the Ministry of sports had arrived Faro on Monday afternoon
Idoko said Baribote was only looking for who to blame for his inability to perpetuate himself in office
Addressing the players, Abdullai, who was clad in white and green national track suit, told the team that President Goodluck Jonathan is interested in the welfare of the team and has asked him to offer his total support to the team as the countdown to the Nations Cup draws near
But veteran sports writers such as Ikeddy Isiguzo, Onochie Anibeze, Patrick Omorodion, Paul Bassey, Ayo Ositelu, Toni Ubani, and former international stars like Nduka Odizor, Adokie Amiesimaka, Segun Odegbami and others have warned and suggested that until the critical factors undermining the implementation of past National Sports Policy are checked, McKenzie recommendations will be difficult to implement in environmental that allows politics to reign unabated