Newly appointed Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalong, has applauded the Golden Eaglets for emerging champions at the just concluded FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.
Dalong was speaking at a reception by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, to honour the Nigeria U-17 tea, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.
He expressed his joy and pride at their achievements and challenged administrators to live up to their responsibilities, in order to help sports development in the country.
“The performance of the Golden Eaglets at the World Cup has shown that success has so many fathers,” he said.
“If they had lost, Nigerians would have not have welcomed with love. But their victory has once again shown that sport is a universal tool for our unity because the players were picked from different places but they were united as one in Chile.
“We want to thank them and their officials for making us proud with their performance.”
He also advised administrators to “find a lasting solution to all manner of malaise, including internal wrangling, which has endangered the growth of sports in the country over the years.”
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