Officials of the Ministry of
Sports have refunded to U- 23
Eagles captain, Mikel Obi , the
$4, 600 he paid for the team in
São Paulo on their way to
Salvador . According to an
official statement by the Nigeria
Football Federation, the ministry
of Youth and Sports made the
refund after the team’ s 2- 0
victory over Denmark on
Saturday .
This is contr
ary to an earlier
statement by the ministry that
Mikel did not bail out the team.
Permanent Secretary in the
ministry, Chinyeaka Ohaa ,
praised the team.
“ I am happy to be a Ni - gerian,
because in spite of all the
challenges , you have taken the
world by storm ; you have by
your performance given
happiness to more than 160
million Nigerians ,” he remarked.
“ Football is the biggest unifying
factor in Nigeria today .
From Mr. President to the
average Nigerian you have made
everyone proud. “I am humbled
by your efforts , your
commitment, your patriotism . I
want to assure you that your
sacrifices will not be in vain .
“ Aside whatever the NFF have
for you, we will as much as
possible make you happy, if
only you will be patient with us .
Today, with your performance , I
am convinced that you will get
that gold .”
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