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The Nigerian government has fulfilled the housing and land pledge it made to the Super Eagles squad that won silver medals at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The edition of the AFCON was played in January into February, 2024, with hosts Cote d’Ivoire beating Nigeria in the final.
Aside the house pledge, the team were also decorated with the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) national award.
Players in the current team in Morocco who were part of the squad from the last edition include, Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, Paul Onuachu, Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi.
Stanley Nwabali, Zaidu Sanusi, Moses Simon, Frank Onyeka, Francis Uzoho and Bruno Onyemaechi were also members of that squad.
Present to hand over documents of the houses as well as certificate of the national honour to the players at their camp in Morocco, were Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ibrahim Gusau, National Sports Commission (NSC) and other top government officials.
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Speaking at the presentation event, NFF president Gusau said:”The president graciously promised us a house in Abuja and some in Lagos as well as a land in Abuja and also a national honour.
“So the president feels that we can’t start another campaign for another AFCON without fulfilling that promise.”
In his remark, Dikko said:”It is the decision of the government that whatever have been promised must be delivered before we start the first match of this AFCON and I believe this is the first time this is happening.
“The last time the government promised houses and national honours for the national honours for the national team it took like 20 years for those houses to be delivered.
“So at least we have done something to show that there’s a new trajectory in Nigeria and whatever the President say he would do he would do.”
The Super Eagles will begin their campaign at the 2025 AFCON in Morocco on Tuesday when they face Tanzania in a Group C clash.
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