Video: Sanwo-Olu Receives Super Eagles Players, NFF President

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Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has received Super Eagles players and the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick at the Lagos House, Marina on Wednesday night, March 24.

In a Twitter thread by the Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State Governor, Gboyega Akosile disclosed that the players met with Sanwo-Olu ahead of their match this weekend.

In his words:”Flash: Lagos State Governor @jidesanwoolu has just received the @NGSuperEagles players and @thenff Chairman @PinnickAmaju at the Lagos House, Marina for an evening with Mr. Governor ahead of their encounter this weekend.”

The Nigerian national football team are camped in the state ahead of their AFCON 2021 qualifying showdown against Benin and Lesotho.

Gernot Rohr and his boys will file out against the Squirrels of Benin in Porto Novo on Saturday, March 27 and then return to Lagos where they will face Lesotho at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on March 30.

Pictures showed the NFF president Pinnick introducing the players and technical crew to the governor and other dignitaries.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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