The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has called 30 players to camp to play Ghana in the African Nations Championship qualifiers, and Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye, chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), has congratulated them.
The 30 players were invited to camp by head coach Augustine Eguavoen in order to be ready for the Super Eagles B to qualify for the African Nations Championship finals the following year.
Only football players who play for teams in their nation’s domestic leagues and have regular contracts are eligible to win the title. It will take place in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania in February 2025.
Elegbeleye urged the invited players that in order to restore Nigeria’s standing in continental football, they must perform to the best of their abilities as the NPFL’s ambassadors.
“As the best of the NPFL, you are expected to give a very good account by not only going past the qualifiers but also contesting for the title at the finals”, the NPFL Chairman charged the team which has veteran Rabiu Ali of Kano Pillars on the list.
Alongside Ali, who has eight goals this season, are Rivers United defender Steven Mayo, Remo Stars goalkeeper Kayode Bankole, and Abia Warriors’ dynamic attacker Sunday Megwo. Additionally, there are Henry Ozoemena, the custodian for Enyimba, Ismail Sadiq, the wing-back for Remo Stars, Kazeem Ogunleye, the midfield star for Enugu Rangers, and Anas Yusuf, the forward for Nasarawa United. Adamu Abubakar of Plateau United and Victor Collins, the defender for Nasarawa United, were also picked up for last month’s 2025 AFCON qualifying matches against Rwanda and the Benin Republic.
In order to prepare for the first leg of the qualifying match against Ghana’s Black Stars B, which is scheduled for the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday, December 22, the players are expected to arrive at the Remo Stars Sports Institute, Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State, on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.
On Saturday, December 28, the second leg will be played at Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo.
