African Football Discussion Thread: {Current Topic: 👉 AFCON Qualifiers}

[Different patterns]

Nigeria face Tanzania in a must win match. If the super eagles don't go out there to give their best then blame the NFF, because this guys are used to civilized treatment, they understand how a reasonable sport team is run but they come back home to a shambolic organized national team.
And my fear is as the general election is at hand the government focus would be on them getting reelected rather than paying any attention to the national team.

Honestly the way these guys are manage is bad and to see that it is coming from the management because are we going to say they do not  have the money to fund the team? Or do they lack resources or lack the ability to put resources together for the team? No, it is just a lack of proper management and no wonder we don't do well on the global stage, we struggle to achieve what we ought to be achieving consistently as a team but there is poor investment from the government and management. Imagine a team that doesn't have a stadium to host major international tournaments. the last game played in our national stadium, we can see the poor management and all and it's very obvious even on camera. No wonder our players lack that determination to win games.

[Roseline492]

If her intentions was to reward them she would have done it when she was congratulating them for the victory, so actually don't expect anything more than congratulations from her because I don't think she is generous enough to do that considering all the things she has said to the Nigerians

All this people don’t value achievements like this, those young ladies are suppose to be properly honored, Remi tinubu should have gifted those ladies for their achievement, but I haven’t heard anything like that. Winning the World Cup is really a great achievement, something like this is coming from a African country, and our leaders are just looking like this ladies didnt do anything. All what our leaders are after now is how they are going to win next election,

If at some point she decided to gifts them some money just know that it was because of the social media that forced her to do it because already a lot of persons has started talking about it and that's mostly the only way you could see this kind of inconsiderate people acknowledge efforts with financial support. If it was the Japanese women that won the the under 17 women world Cup you would have seen how a nation use to celebrate there team when they brought an award that's usually not common. You are right the election has clouded their mind from attending to what is necessary.

[ArabBTC]

If at some point she decided to gifts them some money just know that it was because of the social media that forced her to do it because already a lot of persons has started talking about it and that's mostly the only way you could see this kind of inconsiderate people acknowledge efforts with financial support. If it was the Japanese women that won the the under 17 women world Cup you would have seen how a nation use to celebrate there team when they brought an award that's usually not common. You are right the election has clouded their mind from attending to what is necessary.

Don’t we think we are raising so much dust on this matter? The First Lady Oluremi Tinubu have actually congratulated them, must she also give them money? I don’t think their is any law that says she has to gift them with money, even in some occasions when leaders gift money to this players Nigerian citizens are still the once that complains that why are they spending so much on footballers that are just entertainers.

Get me right am not against the First Lady gifting them money but it shouldn’t be compulsory to the extent of attaching so much of relevance to money gifts in a duty done to the country, this U-17 Nigerian ladies won that trophy as a result of dedication to their country, let us not make it look like the First Lady owes them anything, congratulating them is enough acknowledgment, she can even give them national honor and medals which would be more significant in their career rather than focusing so much on monetary gift.

[Ashawowo(OS)]

If her intentions was to reward them she would have done it when she was congratulating them for the victory, so actually don't expect anything more than congratulations from her because I don't think she is generous enough to do that considering all the things she has said to the Nigerians

All this people don’t value achievements like this, those young ladies are suppose to be properly honored, Remi tinubu should have gifted those ladies for their achievement, but I haven’t heard anything like that. Winning the World Cup is really a great achievement, something like this is coming from a African country, and our leaders are just looking like this ladies didnt do anything. All what our leaders are after now is how they are going to win next election,

Nigerians don't value what they've. They don't know how to support and encourage their own. Tinubu administration has little or no interest on sports, so I'm not surprised they were not given special recognition for their achievements. My good thoughts are with those ladies to get good teams abroad hire them so they can continue excelling in their career. Left for only Nigeria, their career would come to a standstill.

[Alvin_talk]

NFF can steal and still do the right thing. Its about creating balance with the available money given to them. Ill rather choose an NFF president ready to fix things slacking with the Super Eagles football and take part money for himself that have one that focuses more on what he is benefiting in that position.

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My dear, from your statement you will be no different from the current NFF if you are given that same office to handle. You forgot so soon that as you are stealing, you will have other officials you have to settle so that they won't blow the graph. By the time you are done with the sharing formula, there will be no reasonable amount of money left to carry out any reasonable project. That is to say, you may have the intention to do some things right but so long as you start stealing money meant for project or the players, you cannot achieve those sweet goals you've set out.

The best thing will just be to focus on your own salary and bonuses as an NFF staff and nothing else. I mean, their salaries and bonuses can feed them and their family comfortably, therefore anything beyond their earning is greed and shouldn't be encouraged in any way.

[programmer3666]

If at some point she decided to gifts them some money just know that it was because of the social media that forced her to do it because already a lot of persons has started talking about it and that's mostly the only way you could see this kind of inconsiderate people acknowledge efforts with financial support. If it was the Japanese women that won the the under 17 women world Cup you would have seen how a nation use to celebrate there team when they brought an award that's usually not common. You are right the election has clouded their mind from attending to what is necessary.

Don’t we think we are raising so much dust on this matter? The First Lady Oluremi Tinubu have actually congratulated them, must she also give them money? I don’t think their is any law that says she has to gift them with money, even in some occasions when leaders gift money to this players Nigerian citizens are still the once that complains that why are they spending so much on footballers that are just entertainers.

Get me right am not against the First Lady gifting them money but it shouldn’t be compulsory to the extent of attaching so much of relevance to money gifts in a duty done to the country, this U-17 Nigerian ladies won that trophy as a result of dedication to their country, let us not make it look like the First Lady owes them anything, congratulating them is enough acknowledgment, she can even give them national honor and medals which would be more significant in their career rather than focusing so much on monetary gift.

The country owes them so much more, Congratulating them is not enough, Incentive is part of sporting environment and in this case the perfect incentive is handing those girls good amount of money, in order to encourage them to put more effort and dedication into becoming professional footballers. If it were a more caring country, those girls will be given houses or even cars just to encourage other girls to also consider partaking in sporting activities. It is better they get paid doing something meaningful than to hustle negatively on the street. I am in full support of them being given money, even if things are hard in the country, when some citizens do extraordinary things, they should be rewarded for it.

[Agbe]

According to Oriental News and other social media blogs. President Tinubu gave the each of the Flamingo's players 100 million. Well it is nice and they can use this with other incentives to start life. They should invest with them and not to lavish them and only to suffer in the old age. Though they are still active and more winnings are coming but it will be better for them to utilize this gifts.

Source social medias.

[Chinesebaby]

According to Oriental News and other social media blogs. President Tinubu gave the each of the Flamingo's players 100 million. Well it is nice and they can use this with other incentives to start life. They should invest with them and not to lavish them and only to suffer in the old age. Though they are still active and more winnings are coming but it will be better for them to utilize this gifts.

Source social medias.

Wow. This is quite an incredible news hearing that the president just gave the Flamingos ₦100 million each for winning and bringing the Under-17 Women's World Cup to the nation, which is equivalent to $73,000 at today's exchange rate. And to be honestly speaking, these girls did truly deserve what the president just gave. As that will motivate the spirit of sportmanship in them more to keep performing greater whenever representing Nigeria in international football games. So ones again, a big congratulations to the Flamingos.

However, I just saw that the announcement was made by the first lady of Nigeria, the wife of the president, when the Flamingos went to present the FIFA World Cup they won to the president at the presidential villa in Abuja today.

[Jerrycrypto2024]

According to Oriental News and other social media blogs. President Tinubu gave the each of the Flamingo's players 100 million. Well it is nice and they can use this with other incentives to start life. They should invest with them and not to lavish them and only to suffer in the old age. Though they are still active and more winnings are coming but it will be better for them to utilize this gifts.

Source social medias.

Yes this point is very vital and crutial, it's a welcome development from the government, but in my opinion financial gift won't be enough if the children don't have guide the money will end then living some kind of life that will be hard for them , but if used wisely in pushing for better football career it's easy to get beyond what is given currently but let them invest it. Such gift is a sign that motivated those who are on national duty or representation to do all their best as they too will benefit for making a nation proud even their name is also written with golden pen as team who have bring glory to the nation.

[Nightwatchmare]

According to Oriental News and other social media blogs. President Tinubu gave the each of the Flamingo's players 100 million. Well it is nice and they can use this with other incentives to start life. They should invest with them and not to lavish them and only to suffer in the old age. Though they are still active and more winnings are coming but it will be better for them to utilize this gifts.

Source social medias.

I would have criticise president Tinubu for given 100 million to each flamingo's players when the economy of the country is so bad but i will not criticise him because there are some politicians that has taken more than that amount without doing anything to better the economy of the country their concern are just to take money from the country treasuring account. No-one believe the flamingo would win the U-17 world cup, i was happy when i found out they won China 1:2. The flamingo's players brought honour to the country and they are national heroes, so i completely agree with president Tinubu for given flamingo's players 100 million each.

[Jerrycrypto2024]

According to Oriental News and other social media blogs. President Tinubu gave the each of the Flamingo's players 100 million. Well it is nice and they can use this with other incentives to start life. They should invest with them and not to lavish them and only to suffer in the old age. Though they are still active and more winnings are coming but it will be better for them to utilize this gifts.

Source social medias.

The news is very impressive, the U17 has done marvelous that needs such motivational financial backup, their conduct has fly the nation more in the global world , the president has tried, I watch a video their captain of the U17 was emphatically saying they are out to get victory she has one target which is the greatest achievement but to win Ghana as result of their loss against them in penalty years back , and they succeed in wining them it's speech full of determinant and confidence to make a nation proud, those girls make the nation proud, government given them such is really encouraging for more effort in doing greater works than what they jave at hand.

[Abu-Naim]

According to Oriental News and other social media blogs. President Tinubu gave the each of the Flamingo's players 100 million. Well it is nice and they can use this with other incentives to start life. They should invest with them and not to lavish them and only to suffer in the old age. Though they are still active and more winnings are coming but it will be better for them to utilize this gifts.

Source social medias.

This is a good news from the office of the president, they are given them to show their appreciation and to support them because they have tried so well to win a trophy for the country, a World Cup for that matter. This should serve as motivation to the other teams both for men and even the senior players on the female side and the men side also because the men U17 team used to be the best in the world as we have highest number of the U17 World Cup trophies ahead of any other country, but their performance is not good anymore, they are also corrupt. I home this one will serve as motivation to them.

The young talented players should make use of the money in good way, they should try to invest and start their lives because it’s always not easy because it is not all of them that can have such advantages again.

[Iamgoat]

The NFF are really funny, it cost them nothing heavy on the budget to upgrade and install a digital advertising board in the stadium, see how easy it is to spend money on the right things, especially the ones that are necessary, why didn't they do it before the backlash?

I'm forced to believe that the stadiums now turn into a political event venue, the NFF are APC, and the upgrades seem politically driven.

I like your last statement which says the NFF are APC and the upgrades are politically driven because it’s exactly what’s transpiring in our institutions. Do you know what’s more unfortunate, it is that there’s absolutely no single institution in the country today which is not corrupted or influenced by corruption including a place like NFF. We have so many ways we can even use the stadium to make money one of which is the digital advertising board you had highlighted above but the problem remains the same which is, the people entrusted with such positions of power have taken it as a means of making money and personalizing what is meant to be for the public.

[Donneski]

According to Oriental News and other social media blogs. President Tinubu gave the each of the Flamingo's players 100 million. Well it is nice and they can use this with other incentives to start life. They should invest with them and not to lavish them and only to suffer in the old age. Though they are still active and more winnings are coming but it will be better for them to utilize this gifts.

Source social medias.

If the reports are true and the money will be given to them as reported, it'll definitely improve the well being of each of the players. It's a welcome development but I hope it'll not stop at mere promises? We've seen reports of similar promises like that before from the federal government only for the athletes to cry out later that they didn't receive anything. The girls have tried to save our dying image in global football, rewarding them for such a great feat will be very deserving.

[Ruttoshi]

According to Oriental News and other social media blogs. President Tinubu gave the each of the Flamingo's players 100 million. Well it is nice and they can use this with other incentives to start life. They should invest with them and not to lavish them and only to suffer in the old age. Though they are still active and more winnings are coming but it will be better for them to utilize this gifts.

Source social medias.

If the reports are true and the money will be given to them as reported, it'll definitely improve the well being of each of the players. It's a welcome development but I hope it'll not stop at mere promises? We've seen reports of similar promises like that before from the federal government only for the athletes to cry out later that they didn't receive anything. The girls have tried to save our dying image in global football, rewarding them for such a great feat will be very deserving.

It's only our female teams that is making us proud in international competitions and I'm happy that President Tinubu noticed it and appreciated them ransomly.

I believe that female are more economical than males because they still have someone to fall back to financially. The ladies will definitely use the money well to improve themselves financially because it's like a lifetime opportunity for them.

[Btcdeybodi]

According to Oriental News and other social media blogs. President Tinubu gave the each of the Flamingo's players 100 million. Well it is nice and they can use this with other incentives to start life. They should invest with them and not to lavish them and only to suffer in the old age. Though they are still active and more winnings are coming but it will be better for them to utilize this gifts.

Source social medias.

100 million each? I don't believe it and even if it's true that's an audio money. I don't think the president will release such amount of money now that election is almost at hand. This is just to say that they bowed to social media pressure on something that wasn't supposed to delay. It was supposed to be as soon as they returned to Nigeria the first place they should have been invited is the state house. I don't know why the federal government likes playing politics in everything they are doing. I saw the first lady faking smiles as if she's happy that the Flamingos won the world cup but all these are just familiar strategy that we are used to. I saw a video of where she was watching the Flamingos through her Ipad and I was like when did this love started.

[Mr Reporter]

Nigerians don't value what they've. They don't know how to support and encourage their own. Tinubu administration has little or no interest on sports, so I'm not surprised they were not given special recognition for their achievements. My good thoughts are with those ladies to get good teams abroad hire them so they can continue excelling in their career. Left for only Nigeria, their career would come to a standstill.

In my opinion I would say giving the Falcons $100,000 each of them would not be a bad idea but let say it like giving a farmer a bag of rice after the harvest but still refusing to give them some fertilizer to grow well and ideally if a rice gram doesn’t have fertilizer it wouldn’t grow well, this is how I see it…

Honestly it not a bad idea to give them funds but the government need to invest in them at some point It looks generous, but it doesn’t help them grow for the next harvest….

From what I noticed the Tinubu’s government is not completely ignoring sports they are not paying close attention and eventually they are more concerned about the wins not ready to invest in them …,

[Agbamoni]

Nigeria face Tanzania in a must win match. If the super eagles don't go out there to give their best then blame the NFF, because this guys are used to civilized treatment, they understand how a reasonable sport team is run but they come back home to a shambolic organized national team.
And my fear is as the general election is at hand the government focus would be on them getting reelected rather than paying any attention to the national team.

It's a must-win for the Super Eagles because it's the AFCON qualifiers. Let what repeated during the World Cup qualifiers not repeat again.
Nigeria must win also because they are at home. The home fans expect a win after traveling from far and near to watch the Super Eagles win.
Lastly, Tanzania are not that strong. We have the team to beat Tanzania despite the absence of Victor Osimhen.

[Somto9Light]

According to Oriental News and other social media blogs. President Tinubu gave the each of the Flamingo's players 100 million. Well it is nice and they can use this with other incentives to start life. They should invest with them and not to lavish them and only to suffer in the old age. Though they are still active and more winnings are coming but it will be better for them to utilize this gifts.

Source social medias.

That's good news if it's through, at least let them and their families get elevated through this medium. They made Nigeria proud so they deserved better because those girls gave their all to make sure they succeed and set the country in high place. They're still young girls that are growing, some of them might still want to go back to school while others might get offers from league teams so this money can help them facilitate those things. It's not by announcing it to, they should make sure they give them the money that's just my interest.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

According to Oriental News and other social media blogs. President Tinubu gave the each of the Flamingo's players 100 million. Well it is nice and they can use this with other incentives to start life. They should invest with them and not to lavish them and only to suffer in the old age. Though they are still active and more winnings are coming but it will be better for them to utilize this gifts.

Source social medias.

This is actually remarkable seeing the president appreciate the Flamingos with 100 million Naira each for winning this year's U-17 Women's World Cup against Japan at the final that was played last week. Because if I'm not mistaken, these girls just broke the record of been the first set of Nigerian Flamingos to ever play to the final and eventually also winning the FIFA U-17 Womens world cup and bringing the cup home. And they deserves to be rewarded both at the national and state levels for their remarkable achievement.  So i will say this is one of the best decision the president have done to aid the love of football in Nigeria.