NFF President assures of Super Eagles' successful outing for AFCON 2024

Posted : 09 November 2023

The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, has reiterated that three-time champions Nigeria will be ready to give the campaign their best shot when the 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations begins in Cote d'Ivoire on January 13, 2024.

Speaking while receiving the Ambassador of Cote d'Ivoire to Nigeria, His Excellency Kalilou Traore, at the NFF Secretariat, Gusau praised the Government of Cote d'Ivoire for the significant investment in stadiums and related infrastructure to adequately host the competition, 40 years after the country hosted the 14th edition of the competition in 1984.

"I have been receiving regular briefings on the preparations from the President of the Cote d'Ivoire Football Federation, Yacine Idriss Diallo, who is a personal friend. I am aware that the Government of Cote d'Ivoire has truly invested in stadiums and general infrastructure to make the AFCON a success and a huge spectacle. Our two teams (Super Eagles and Elephants) are in the same group at the finals, and it will be a very interesting game when we play on January 18. We know that the whole of Africa and even the world will be focused on Cote d'Ivoire before, during, and after the AFCON, and our team will be ready to do its best. When Cote d'Ivoire hosted the AFCON in 1984, our Eagles finished second. This time, we will work very hard to emerge as champions."

Earlier, Ambassador Traore congratulated the NFF on the fact that Nigeria is one of the 24 participating nations at the upcoming AFCON and used the opportunity to invite the NFF leadership to the Ivorian National Day, to be celebrated at the embassy of Cote d'Ivoire on Friday, November 17.

"We want the NFF to be part of the event. The Ivorian National Day is usually celebrated in August, but it was postponed this year because of the death of our former President, Dr. Henri Konan Bedie. We also want to use the opportunity to launch a promotional program ahead of the AFCON, which our country is hosting early next year."

Also present at the occasion were NFF Executive Committee member, H.E. Ali Silas Agara; NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi; NFF Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire; Cisse Karim from the Office of First Counsellor at the Ivorian embassy and NFF Chief Protocol Officer, Emmanuel Ayanbunmi.

NFF President assures of Super Eagles' successful outing for AFCON 2024

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