There are indications that President Bola Tinubu may graciously
host United Ex-Super Falcons at the State House, Presidential Villa Abuja like he did for the current Super Falcons and D’Tigress, who won WAFCON and Afrobasket championships respectively.
Spokesperson for United Ex-Super Falcons, U. S based Patience Avre -Odeli dropped this hint after discussions with the leadership of the National Sports Commission.
According to her, this is coming on the heels of ” Our collective appeals to the Federal Government to redeem the several unfulfilled promises made to the former players of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons, who won nine trophies for the country in the past editions of CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON)”
Avre-Odeli, speaking on behalf of United Ex-Super Falcons, has revealed that the Chairman of National Sports Commission (NSC), Shehu Dikko, and the Director General, Bukola Olopade have assured that they have taken steps to ensure that the President is made aware of the demands of the retired women’s national team players.
She said “I am happy to disclose that I, on behalf of United Ex-Super Falcons, have had fruitful discussions with the NSC Chairman (Dikko) and DG (Olopade) and they have assured us that our demands for adequate compensation by the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria for the honours we brought to Nigeria in our active years and which past governments failed to
recognise us”.
According to the former Nigerian star attacker: “It must be remembered that my generation of Super Falcons laid the foundation stone for the success the current players are building upon
and the sacrifices we made should not be forgotten so soon”.
The Super Falcons through the retired players were the first women’s football team to win five straight WAFCON titles in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006, with the bulk of United Ex-Super Falcons featuring for Nigeria in the first five tournaments held alternately in Nigeria and South Africa before Nigeria won four more WAFCON titles, including the nineth prize in 2018 in Ghana before the 10th trophy win in Morocco by the current Super Falcons.
