2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has congratulated Ademola Lookman, Nnadozie Chiamaka and the Nigeria female Nations team, the Super Falcons, after emerging African Footballer of the Year 2024, Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year 2024 and Women’s National Team of the Year 2024 at the CAF Awards 2024.
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CAF Awards 2024 held on Monday 16 December, 2024 in Marrakech, Morocco.
The former Governor of Anambra State said, “I sincerely congratulate our very dear sportsmen and women who, through these awards, have written their names in gold and brought honor to our nation.”
In his congratulatory message, Obi wrote: “Nigeria was again the starlight in Continental soccer as our own Super Eagles forward, Ademola Lookman, was crowned the African Footballer of the Year 2024, while Super Falcon’s goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, is again crowned the Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year 2024 at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards. And to crown it all, the female national team, the Super Falcons, won the continent’s Women’s National Team of the Year at the same awards.
I sincerely congratulate our very dear sportsmen and women who, through these awards, have written their names in gold and brought honor to our nation. Thank you for your hard work, efforts, skills, and excellence which brought you thus far.
Sports has not only been a strong unifying factor for us in Nigeria but has proven to be a means of job creation for our talented youths. Moments of victory like this remind us of what we can accomplish as a nation in the area of sports if we invest more in the sector.
For a youthful population like ours, sports remains a very important sector and we must give it the adequate attention it deserves. A New Nigeria remains POssible!”
Nigeria was again the starlight in Continental soccer as our own Super Eagles forward, Ademola Lookman, was crowned the African Footballer of the Year 2024, while Super Falcon’s goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, is again crowned the Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year 2024 at the… pic.twitter.com/ubToXxolMh
— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) December 17, 2024
