President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of N50m to the Nigerian Football Supporters Club towards their participation at the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup to support the Super Eagles.
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of N50m to the Nigerian Football Supporters Club towards their participation at the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup to support the Super Eagles.
Jonathan announced the fund at the Presidential Villa in Abuja after his decoration as Grand Patron of the Supporters’ Club prior to the commencement of the day’s edition of the Federal Executive Council’s weekly meeting.
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The president commended members of the Supporters’ Club for their support to the country’s teams, and expressed hope that the money will motivate them to further support the team in Brazil.
“We need to encourage you to go to Brazil. We will give you a token. We will start with N50 million and we will talk to some of our senior boys to support you”, he said, before going on to dedicate his decoration as Grand Patron to all members of his cabinet and all Nigerians of goodwill.
He also assured that as a keen supporter of all sports, he would be with the team and the supporters in Brazil.
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President-General of the Nigeria Football Supporters’ Club Worldwide, Dr. Rafiu Ladipo revealed plans of the club to travel to Brazil with 1,000 members, and also joined the campaign for team coach, Stephen Keshi to have free hands over the composition of the technical staff.
“Our plan is to go with 1,000 supporters to the World Cup. Five hundred will go from Nigeria while the remaining 500 will come from other countries”, he said, adding that the Eagles would qualify for the semi-finals at least, with the support of everyone.
“Steven Keshi has done very well, but he still needs two or three people to help him read the game because he cannot see everything by himself”, he said. “But nobody should force down anybody on him. He should be allowed to make his decision”.
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