The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) has congratulated the Super Falcons for booking a ticket to the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Randy Waldrum’s women qualified for the showdown by defeating the stubborn Lionesses of Cameroon 1-0 on Thursday in the quarterfinal of the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
Rasheedat Ajibade’s tie-breaker ensured the Falcons set up a showdown with hosts Morocco in the semifinal on July 18.
In a congratulatory message signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President lauded the “spirited performance of the team in the tournament and for maintaining its dominant posture as undisputed champions of the round-leather game and most successful international women’s football team in the continent.”
Having won the tournament twice in 2016 and 2018, under this administration, the President assures the girls and their handlers that the whole nation is strongly standing with them and will continue to cheer them on until the final whistle in Morocco.
He prayed that the “Super Falcons, who have produced some of the greatest African players in the history of the women’s game, will surpass their achievement in the last Women’s World Cup in 2019, where they advanced to the Round of 16, for the first time in 15 years.”
President Buhari also looks forward to the next generation of upcoming stars, who through hard work, discipline, resilience and determination, will one day win the World Cup for Nigeria.
