Nigeria’s Super Eagles where yesterday edged out of the race for a place in Gabon for the 2017 AFCON after a 1 nil loss to Egypt.
The Super Eagles who were stuck on two points after 3 games were not helped by the fact that they had been reduced to 3 teams in their group after Chad opted out due to financial constraints.
Sports Minister Solomon Dalung took to Twitter to offer his apologies on behalf of the Super Eagles.
In a series of tweets posted on his account @SolomonDalung, the Minister said the Super Eagles had no excuses and that the only thing they can do now is look to the future and find ways of improving.
I personally apologised to Nigerians for the inability of the Super Eagles to qualify for the campaign to AFCON. We must plan better again.
— Solomon Dalung (@SolomonDalung) March 30, 2016
We have no good reason not to qualify if we had planned well and also organise ourselves rather it was crisis all the way rocking NFF
— Solomon Dalung (@SolomonDalung) March 30, 2016
After this abysmal performance at AFCON qualifiers it’s important we return to the drawing board to plan the future of football in Nigeria
— Solomon Dalung (@SolomonDalung) March 30, 2016
Nigerians cannot accept any reason for failure from anybody so we either deliver or we give way to those who can deliver success.
— Solomon Dalung (@SolomonDalung) March 30, 2016
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