2022 World Cup: We Don’t Want Stories – Pinnick Warns Eagles

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The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has stated that the 2022 World Cup playoff against Ghana is ‘very serious business’ stressing that ‘stories’ would not be accepted.
According to him, Nigerians ‘don’t want to hear any story’ as far as the team’s participation in Qatar 2022 world cup is concerned.
Pinnick pledged that everything legal and acceptable will be done for the Super Eagles to achieve victory.
At a meeting with some Members of the NFF Executive Committee and Management on Wednesday, Pinnick admitted that the World Cup playoff is ‘war’.
He said: ‘Of course, we are not the ones going into the field. But the arrangements we put in place will, to a large extent, determine the spirit with which the players will enter the pitch. All our arrangements must be flawless and without sloppiness. It is a FIFA World Cup ticket at stake, so we must give it our all.
‘Whatever efforts we have been making to ensure seamless movement to and fro, as well as accommodation of our contingent at major matches, must be doubled for the match in Kumasi. Nigerians don’t want to hear any story; they only want to see the World Cup ticket.’
Africa Daily News, New York reports that the NFF supremo made these assertions while chairing a meeting that also included NFF Vice Presidents Seyi Akinwunmi and Shehu Dikko; Dr Mohammed Sanusi (General Secretary); Executive Committee members Ibrahim Musa Gusau, Felix Anyansi-Agwu and Ahmed Yusuf; Charity Kadiri (Director of Finance and Administration); Ademola Olajire (Director of Media and Communications) and; Emmanuel Ayanbunmi (Chief Protocol Officer).
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Minister of Youth & Sports, Sunday Dare has suggested that there could be a special guest in attendance when the Super Eagles face the Black Stars of Nigeria in the second leg of the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja, Dare made it known that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari could be present at the MKO Abiola stadium, Abuja to watch the Super Eagles pick up World Cup ticket.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK
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