The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appealed to First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan to lead the African Women Champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria to the 2015 FIFA Women World Cup to be hosted by Canada.
Board member of the NFF and Chairman of the Nigeria Women Football League, Chief (Mrs) Dilichukwu Onyedinma told journalists in Abuja over the weekend that the invitation was a mark of honour for Dame Jonathan whom she added has been a strong pillar for the emancipation of women in the country. In addition, she noted that the team would need her patience and good luck to succeed at the world stage.
Onyedinma who also used the occasion to reel out the achievements of female football since her election in 2011 noted that after the initial challenges that confronted her board, they have been able to reposition the Women League with the resultant effect of the discovery of young and talented girls from across the country.
She recalled the exploits of Nigerian female footballers in international championships including the National U-17 women team, the Flamingoes who reached the quarter finals of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Costa Rica earlier in the year with players plying their trade in the Nigerian league.
“Apart from the Flamingoes, we also had the National U-20 Women National Team, the Falconets that went to Canada in August and played to the finals of the FIFA U-20 Women World Cup with 99% of the players from our league here in Nigeria, only one player came from a school in the United States,” Dilichukwu explained, adding, “Only last weekend, we took another set of Super Falcons team to Namibia to reclaim the African Women Championship. In the victorious team, only five players came from overseas, the remaining 17 are all from our league clubs here at home”.
The female football boss further revealed that the present board has been working hard to ensure that the league clubs had some support especially from the private sector with the commissioning of various marketing agents whom she noted have been working assiduously to attract sponsors with whom there are various negotiations at various stages.
Onyedinma further explained that to make the female football more appealing to Nigerians especially the corporate world, her board concluded the incorporation of the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) as well as entering a partnership with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) for live transmission of female league matches starting from the next season. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Chief (Mrs) Dilichukwu Onyedinma it seems you font even know why your are there. You are nothing but round peg in square hole. This goes a long way to show how mediocre are occupying sensitive position. Chief (Mrs) Dilichukwu Onyedinma, if you don't know what to say why not keep quit and move on instead of vomiting rubbish to the public domain. What will you first lady do in Canada , to launder money or what ??
ReplyDeleteUna want to kill football
ReplyDeleteAre NFF officials all on cheap drugs? No wonder its always receiving threats of sanctions and suspension from FIFA. Instead of concentrating on how to make more success of an already sussecful team you want to invite Patience. tomorrow you will all be thrown out and replaced with some tomato sellers. PATIENCE of all NIGERIANS. thank God FIFA is not run by Jonathan or PDP.
ReplyDeleteInvite her to do what in Canada? No one understand fabricated English in Canada so pls let her be.
ReplyDeleteYou want her to disgrace Nigerian again?
ReplyDeleteto disgrace nigeria as usual. Na only only wan waka go Canada principal! , there is god ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, there is hod ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh .stupid Chief (Mrs) Dilichukwu Onyedinma
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