Cross River state Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, says he has been enjoying the performance of the Super Eagles and believes that the team has the potential to go all the way. Imoke, whose government hosted all the team’s qualifying games was also in Brazil prior to the start of the championship.
“This team has the potential of making Nigeria one of the biggest football super powers in the world and I also believe that the NFF president, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, and his board are on the verge of also becoming the best football administrators that the country ever produced”, he was quoted as saying by sports commissioner, Hon Patrick Ugbe.
Also, the newly appointed chairman of Unicem Rovers FC of Calabar, Maurice Inok, said the entire team and its officials were backing the team to lift the World Cup, adding that the club has a bunch of youthful players that he would invite the national team technical crew to come and pick from for the future.
“We are behind the NFF, Keshi and his entire crew and I can promise that when he returns to a garland of celebration, we won’t be behind because the team has raised the bar of football in Africa and the world.” Inok said in a statement from Calabar.