THE Cross River State Government has charged the Super Eagles to go all out and beat their Burkinabe counterparts in today\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final in South Africa.<\/p>\n
Calabar, the Cross River State capital, hosted the Super Eagles during the qualification for the tournament and everyone is now in huge expectation as Nigerians seek their third AFCON trophy.<\/p>\n
Speaking during a whistle-stop at the Golden Eaglets\u2019 Princeville Hotel Camp in Calabar on Friday, Hon. Patrick Ugbe, the state\u2019s Commissioner for sports and youth development, said that the Executive Governor of the state, Senator Liyel Imoke, who is currently holidaying in the USA as well as Acting Governor, Barrister Efiok Cobham are expecting the Super Eagles back in Calabar with the trophy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are expecting the Super Eagles as well as you to bring the African trophy here to Calabar for huge celebration and that is the message from Senator Imoke and Barrister Cobham,\u201d said Ugbe, a seasoned broadcaster before his foray into public service, \u201cThe Super Eagles have done so well in South Africa and we are expecting them to win the trophy.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, we want you (Golden Eaglets) to be focused on your assignment too and emulate the Super Eagles\u2019 impressive performance at the AFCON, \u201cadded Ugbe.<\/p>\n
Ugbe further quoted the governor and his deputy as saying that they expect the Golden Eaglets also to go all the way and bring the trophy home for the first time since 2007, adding that the success of the Super Eagles at the 2013 AFCON has justified the huge support of the state to the national teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very happy to have you back in Calabar and I\u2019m happier to convey to you the best wishes of Senator Imoke and Barrister Cobham,\u201d he said.\u201d We have so much faith in you and Nigerian football in general; and that is why we have spared nothing towards your welfare and that of the Super Eagles since you started camping in Calabar.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Golden Eaglets have intensified prayers for the recuperating duo of Abubakar and Njengo as well as the success of the Super Eagles as they square up against Burkina Faso on Sunday (today) in the final match of the 2013 AFCON.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Cross River State Government has charged the Super Eagles to go all out and beat their Burkinabe counterparts in today\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final in South Africa. Calabar, the Cross River State capital, hosted the Super Eagles during the qualification for the tournament and everyone is now in huge expectation as Nigerians seek their third AFCON trophy. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}