Abdullahi believes that such gesture will boost the players morale ahead of the national team’s engagements in the nearest future
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The Nigerian team qualified for the quarterfinal after beating host, South Africa, 3-1 and Mozambique 4-2 to be the second team to qualify from Group A
Abdullahi, who finally agreed for the fight to hold after initial doubts, emphasised that the “Bash Ali Guinness Book of Records Fight” was purely private sector driven
In his brief remarks, Jonathan expressed delight that Nigeria was fully involved in the Queens’ baton relay in line with the traditions of the commonwealth games
The Baton is usually taken across all Commonwealth Countries to signify the commencement of preparations of the Commonwealth Games
He also stated that he was informed that the last meeting, held in Ilorin, Kwara State, endorsed the introduction of the National Youth Games and the opening up of the National Sports Festival to all Nigerians
He said: “If NFA is having problems paying Keshi’s salary, it means that the system has a problem and that system has to be addressed
Abdullahi, however, said that should Keshi request for additional technical support, the NSC and the Nigeria Football Federation would be willing to grant his request
The minister urged the Committee to employ all organisational skills that will guarantee a seamless festival befitting of the nation’s army of athletes that will participate in the 2014 NSF coming up in Calabar, Cross River State
He added: “I want to remind you of the call by President Goodluck Jonathan to go and win the World Cup when you came back from the CAN Under-17 Championship in Morocco, with the silver medal and we believe you can do it
Speaking on Thursday, the President of the NFF, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, expressed the delight of the Federation at the retention of the man who has broken new grounds in the office and shown uncommon commitment to plotting a positive graph of development in the sports commission
Oliha, 44, died in a private hospital in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Sunday morning, after complaining of malaria
Among the prayers of the plaintiff was that the election that produced Alhaji Yusuf Dauda as the President of Handball Federation of Nigeria should be declared null and void
In a quick reaction, the National Coordinator, Mega Handball Veterans, Nicholas Nwani, the stakeholder group that got the court order, commended the minister for doing what was expected of a personality holding such exalted office
Keshi also used the opportunity to apologise to the Minister and the Nigeria Football Federation on his actions and promised to do his best to ensure Nigeria qualifies for the 2014 World Cup slated for Brazil
The minister, who would be unavoidably absent at the championship finale, said the Golden Eaglets should go all the way to emulate the Super Eagles to become African Champions at the cadet level
Yekini’s Counsel, Barrister Mohammed Jubril Olanrewaju, had informed The Eagle Online Sports that a two-day remembrance anniversary would be held by the Rashidi Yekini Foundation on May 2 and 3, 2013 in honour of the late hero
Abdullahi, who was at the camp with Director, Elite Athletes in the ministry, Dr. Bolaji Ojo-Oba, took time to make a personal observations and declared that he was encouraged to come to watch the team in Faro, Portugal after a superlative performance against the Catalan Selected side, which the Eagles held to a 1-1 draw in Barcelona last Wednesday