The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi has commended Nigeria’s sporting excellence at the 2024 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards on Monday night.
Nigeria was on the spotlight at the ceremony in Morocco with multiple awards, including the CAF Player of the Year Prize clinched by Ademola Lookman.
Reacting to the achievements in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, Mr. Obi congratulated the winners, emphasising the need for increased investment in the sports sector.
He 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.”
According to him, sports has not only been a strong unifying factor in Nigeria, but has proven to be a means of job creation for the talented youths in the country.
The former Anambra State Governor stated that “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.”
He added: “For a youthful population like ours, sports remains a very important sector and we must give it the adequate attention it deserves.”
