The Nigeria football Federation has congratulated the U23 national group for successful bronze at this yr’s guys’s Olympic football tournament in Brazil, after edging Honduras three-2 in Belo Horizonte the day before today.
Nigeria’s avid gamers celebrate after receiving their bronze medals after defeating Honduras in the Rio 2016 Olympic games guys’s bronze medal soccer match on the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on August 20, 2016. File snapshot
Victory supposed Nigeria has now gained gold, silver and bronze from the men’s Olympic soccer event over the last 20 years. They scooped gold in 1996 and picked silver eight years ago, also under Samson Siasia.
In the meantime, the Nigeria football Federation, through its president Amaju Pinnick has blasted former goalkeeper Peterside Idah for a mischievous put up on his tweeter handle earlier than the healthy, suggesting the Federation wanted to ‘hijack’ the donation to the group with the aid of jap plastic doctor, Dr. Katsuya Takasu.
“His message was a lie, an atrocious false alarm earlier than an major match. I had exchanged correspondence with the Minister on the obstacle of the donation and we agreed that there was once want for caution. The Minister said to me that he read the donation within the papers and had expressed severe difficulty. I also acquired a mail from the NFF Integrity Officer who expressed very severe challenge with this form of donation.
“I bought in touch with the Ambassador of Nigeria to Brazil and the Minister to claim that anything needed to be completed will have to be completed after the Bronze Medal match, to avoid any distractions. The NFF may be having economic challenges, but I guarantee you no one within the Federation is interested by that money.
“If we get the government’s go-ahead to collect the money, no official of the NFF can be involved even within the assortment. The money might be got straight via the group.”
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