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“With the results they put up during the qualifiers and the African Championship, followed up with the rigorous two weeks training session they had when they camped at the Higher Colleges of Technology in Dubai, they are sure to do well

Speaking at the Government House, Calabar, Cross River State while receiving a delegation of the Nigeria Football Federation, led by the 1st Vice President, Chief Mike Umeh, Governor Imoke equated the silver medal won by the Golden Eaglets at the African U-17 Championship in Morocco to gold

The self-styled New Nigeria Golden Eaglets under Coach Manu Garba, who qualified the team for the championship last December after winning six matches, have been drawn against two West African rivals, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, and 2011 second runner-up, Congo-Brazzaville, at the championship to be held between April 13 and 27

While the Super Eagles take on the Lone Star of Liberia in a 2013 African Cup of Nations final qualifying match on Saturday, the Golden Eaglets will take on the U-17 National Team of Guinea in a 2013 African U-17 Championship second round, first leg match