…promise to pursue viable and realistic legislations to develop sector
The House of Representative minority caucus has hailed the Super Eagles describing the round leather players as African records smashers.
This was contained in a letter of commendation jointly signed by the caucus leaders, Rep. O.K Chinda,Minority Leader,
Rt. Hon. Ali Isa J.C
Minority Whip ,Rt. Hon. Aliyu Madaki
Deputy Minority Leader ,Rt. Hon. George Ozodinobi
Deputy Minority Whip stating that: 
The Minority Caucus i commends the Super Eagles, Nigeria’s senior men football team for its superlative performances at the 35th edition of the African Cup of Nations, (AFCON), emerging the Bronze Medal winners, at the end of the four-week tournament which was held in Morocco.
The caucus said: “Though the Team failed in its bid to win the tournament for a record fourth time, the Caucus eulogized the players, technical and other staff members for their consistency, commitment, courage, discipline, and single-mindedness; on and off the pitch throughout the tournament.
“We are happy that the Super Eagles’ display of resilience, sacrifices, unity, and can-do-it spirit; which are the attributes of every Nigerian elicited regional, and global recognitions and commendation.
The Caucus noted that the Super Eagles, even with the third-place position recorded some milestones that will be difficult to equal, let alone break by any other African country.
” The Bronze Medal, the 9th, is the highest by any nation since the tournament began in 1957; Nigeria maintained a perfect record in third-place playoff matches, by never losing any match at this stage of the tournament.
It was also noted in the commendation letter that “Nigeria recorded 17th-time podium-finish (the highest by any country) in the history of the tournament; the Super Eagles, alongside Egypt emerged the highest goal scoring country in this edition, with 14 goals; 6 players; Semi Ajayi, Ademola Lookman, Raphael Onyedika, Victor Osimhen, Akor Adams, Stanley Nwabali won the Man of the Match Awards in 6 of the 7 matches Nigeria played; the highest by any country in the history of the tournament.
“While the Caucus salutes the bravery, focus, and relentless resolve of the Team towards reinforcing the country’s status as a leading light in African football, we enjoin all Nigerians; particularly the political class and public officials to imbibe the same spirit in our collective pursuit of national development, and in tackling insecurity, and other pervading challenges.
“To achieve this, we must all, like the Super Eagles, eschew tribalism, ethnicity, nepotism, religious, and other narrow-minded cleavages.
The caucus further stressed that “the importance of sports, as a unifying factor in Nigeria, and an emerging soft power in global politics and international diplomacy, the Caucus promise to pursue viable and realistic legislations towards ensuring that the Federal Government improves the sector, and re-invigorate it as the fulcrum for youth empowerment and economic development.
