NFF begs Rivers, Taraba govts to fund F/Eagles’ camping

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is relying on state governors to bankroll the extended camping for the Flying Eagles players and officials, following the indefinite extension of the African Youth Championship (AYC) formerly billed to hold in the crisis-hit Libya.

Disclosing this to Daily Sunsports in Abuja, the chief media official of the FA, Ademola Olajire, said that they had already reached out to the governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Ameachi, and his counterpart in Taraba state, Governor Danbaba Suntai, stressing that they the Federation is getting positive responses from them.

Asked about the weather hostility camping in the northern part of the country, the media officer noted that they are, however, hoping that the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) must have announced the venue to avoid camping in a state where weather may not be favourable to the players.

“Following the postponement of the tournament, we have already reached out to some state governors to help us bankroll the team’s camping immediately they came back to the country. We have already got positive responses from Rivers State governor and Taraba state governor too. We also hope that CAF will announce the venue to enable us take a final decision on the venue because of the weather condition,” he said.

Speaking further on the team’s itinerary, Olajire disclosed that they would leave their foreign training camp in Turkey by 8.00pm on Wednesday to Dubai where they would spend a few days before returning to Nigeria next week after playing friendly matches against Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

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