President Tinubu clears Super Eagles ₦12 billion debt ahead of AFCON.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given the Ministry of Sports Development N12 billion in an attempt to ensure that Nigeria's football and other sporting activities are revitalized and developed, with just a week to go before the 2023 Africa Nations Cup (AFCON) tournament in Côte d'Ivoire gets underway.
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With this sum, the administrators of sports would be able to help coaches of national teams and other sports within the jurisdiction of the sports ministry pay off past-due salaries and other outstanding bills.
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Senator John Owan-Enoh, the minister of sports development, made this announcement on Saturday at a thanksgiving service held at Holy Family Catholic Church in the Cross River State village of Ikom LGA.
According to Enoh, no Nigerian president has demonstrated the same level of dedication to the nation's sports growth as President Tinubu.
Enoh continued, saying that sports will provide joy, tranquility, and happiness to every household, making them the one aspect of the economy that President Tinubu is interested in reviving.
The Minister urged senior national team players and managers to put in much more effort to win because everyone in the country would be rooting for them to achieve so.
Enoh rounded up saying, that although the sports industry is undoubtedly contentious, hard work is always the path to success.
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