The NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, spoke on the development on behalf of the football body on Friday.
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NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi regretted that the team failed to qualify despite the enormous support of Government and the good people of Nigeria who turned out in throngs to fill up the 60,491-capacity Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja for the clash with Ghana’s Black Stars on Tuesday.
Kabungo, a Zambian medical practitioner, was said to have died shortly after Ghana stopped Nigeria from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup on Tuesday.
The Eagle Online had late on Monday reported that the Black Stars team for the match were in the dark at the stadium.
Addo stated the position of the Ghanaians to newsmen at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Monday.
The Black Stars earlier today arrived in Abuja where the crucial encounter against their West African rivals will be staged tomorrow.
Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare announced this on Sunday evening, after a meeting of the organizing committee put in place by the Ministry and which include officials of the NFF.
Nigeria host fierce rivals Ghana in a tie the Super Eagles must win by any margin on Tuesday, following a 0-0 draw in Kumasi on Friday.
The team had returned to Nigeria in the early hours of Saturday after a goalless draw with Ghana on Friday in the first leg
Three –time African champions Nigeria and four –time African champions Ghana clash for one of Africa’s slots at the 22nd FIFA World Cup finals, with Ghana hosting the first leg in Kumasi on Friday and the Nigeria hosting the fierce arch rivals in Abuja on Tuesday next week.
At their first training session ahead of the two big games, captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain William Ekong, defender Abdullahi Shehu and forwards Odion Ighalo and Victor Osimhen expressed delight with the turn-around of the turf and admitted it enabled the team to roll the ball the way they wanted.
Dare, who was led to the Sports Arena by the State’s Governor Aminu Tambuwal stated this while speaking with journalists after inspecting the sports facility undergoing construction.
NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, disclosed in a statement Monday that the 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off round fixture between Nigeria and Ghana would not hold on the earlier announced dates.
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Toyin Ibitoye, Special Assistant to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, revealed this to newsmen.
The business magnate made the pledge during a visit to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja to ascertain the quality of renovation done at the facility’s main bowl.
This was the central theme of remarks during the badging of Nigeria’s 2022 FIFA referees, assistant referees, beach soccer and Futsal referees at the NFF/FIFA Goal Project inside the package B of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday.
They both emerged champions in the male and female categories of the league on Tuesday, after 10 days of superlative performance at the indoor sports hall, package B of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium. Abuja.
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sports, Daniel Amokachi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
The flag-off was done on Saturday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.