Gusau Says Super Eagles Will Be Ready To Light Up The AFCON In Cote d’Ivoire

President of Nigeria Soccer Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has reiterated that three-time champions Nigeria are prepared to present the marketing campaign their greatest shot when the thirty fourth version of the Africa Cup of Nations begins in Cote d’Ivoire on thirteenth January 2024.

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Talking whereas receiving in viewers on the NFF Secretariat, the Ambassador of Cote d’Ivoire to Nigeria, His Excellency Kalilou Traore, Gusau praised the Authorities of Cote d’Ivoire for the large funding in stadia and associated infrastructure so as to have the ability to adequately host the continent, 40 years after the nation performed host to the 14th version of the competitors in 1984.

“I’ve been receiving common briefings on the preparations from the President of Cote d’Ivoire Soccer Federation, Yacine Idriss Diallo, who’s a private pal. I’m conscious that the Authorities of Cote d’Ivoire has actually invested in stadia and common infrastructure to make the AFCON successful and an enormous spectacle.

“Our two groups (Tremendous Eagles and Elephants) are in the identical group on the finals, and it will be a really fascinating sport after we play on 18th January. We all know the entire of Africa and even the world shall be targeted on Cote d’Ivoire earlier than, throughout and after the AFCON, and our group shall be able to do its greatest. When Cote d’Ivoire hosted the AFCON in 1984, our Eagles completed second. This time, we are going to work very laborious to emerge as champions.”

Earlier, Ambassador Traore congratulated the NFF on the truth that Nigeria is likely one of the 24 collaborating nations on the upcoming AFCON, and used the chance to ask the NFF management to the Ivorian Nationwide Day, to be celebrated on the embassy of Cote d’Ivoire on Friday, seventeenth November.

“We wish the NFF to be a part of the occasion. The Ivorian Nationwide Day is often celebrated in August, nevertheless it was postponed this 12 months due to the dying of our former President, Dr. Henri Konan Bedie. We additionally wish to use the chance to launch a promotional programme forward of the AFCON, which our nation is internet hosting early subsequent 12 months.”

Additionally current on the event have been NFF Government Committee member, H.E. Ali Silas Agara; NFF Basic Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi; NFF Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire; Cisse Karim from the Workplace of First Counsellor on the Ivorian embassy and; NFF Chief Protocol Officer, Emmanuel Ayanbunmi.

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