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FIFA World Cup 26 ticket: Nigeria football federation begs for spiritual help

FIFA World Cup 26 ticket: Nigeria football federation begs for spiritual help

By Abdulgafar  Oladimeji

Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has resort to seeking spiritual assistance to rescue the ailing world cup qualifying campaign , so far mounted  by the Super Eagles.

The president of the federation, Ibrahim Gusau has sent a passionate appeal to spiritual leaders to help the federation look up to heaven in search of  redemption from the looming   possibilities of Nigeria missing out from the next edition of the largest global football party.

Recall that Nigeria failed to show up for the prestigious football party at  the immediate past edition of the senior men’s world cup hosted in Qatar.

Gusau speaking in Kano last Saturday  night at the Kano state Football Association , KSFA  awards nite had  admitted that the Super Eagles of Nigeria were  struggling in the chase for the sole FIFA world cup ticket  ,  available in CAF  qualifiers group C.

The NFF honcho  directly appealed to the chairman, council of Ulamas, Kano state, Shiekh Ibrahim Khaleel, who graced the night  to  kindly and urgently present his request  to the body of spiritual leaders in Kano and beyond seeking for their spiritual assistance to save the worrisome situation.

He said, it is not in doubt that , Nigeria’s national team is struggling in the world cup qualifier series , adding that at this time Nigeria’s  world cup 26 fate  is in dire  need for  prayers.

He noted that, the  federation is not resting on its oars in doing the needful to get the team to fly Nigeria’s flag at the FIFA world 26, however he appealed to sheikh Khaleel to help the federation solicit for spiritual support from his clergy peers.

Nigeria is currently occupying 6th position in CAF group C, with 3 points from 4 matches, Rwanda is top on the group with 7 points from 4 matches been  fiercely chased by Bafana Bafana of South Africa also with  7 points from 4 matches.

Benin republic is placed third on the group with 7 points from 4 matches, Lesotho  is  4th place on the log with 5 points from 4 matches, Nigeria is 5th placed with 3 points from 4 matches, while Zimbabwe occupies the bottom of the table with two points from 4 matches.

The FIFA World cup 26 is the  23rd edition , it is the first in the quadrennial  competition’s history  that will be  featuring   48 teams and the first  to be co hosted by three countries, namely Canada, Mexico and USA.

Abdulgafar Oladimeji

Abdulgafar Oladimeji is a sports writer with over two decades experience in the industry. As a reporter , he has worked with top major Nigerian newspapers, freelancer with newspaper and broadcast media organizations in Africa, Europe and America. He is a well travelled sports journalists reporting major sports events across the globe.

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