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At the ceremony, the President expressed satisfaction that the Super Eagles was the first African team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. He also hosted both the Silver medal winning CHAN Eagles and Nigeria’s Bobsleigh Winter Olympic team and pledged his full support for the Russia-bound Super Eagles towards winning the trophy in June.
He disclosed that the two ladies that brought honours to Nigeria at the Bobsleigh Winter Olympics in South Korea deserved commendation.
He said that the duo,based in the United States, sponsored their training and participation at the competition.
Buhari then said that football has become a great unifying factor among the ethnic groups in the country and expressed gratitude to FIFA for allowing the trophy to tour two cities in Nigeria, Abuja and Lagos.
President Buhari also commended Coca Cola for investing part of its resources in the development of football in Nigeria and called other organisations to emulate the company.
In his remarks, the FIFA world cup ambassador, Christian Karembeu, who presented the FIFA World Cup trophy to President Buhari, urged the Super Eagles to believe in themselves in order to go far in the competition.
The President of Coca Cola West Africa, Peter Njonjo, revealed that the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour was launched in 2006 as an exclusive partnership by FIFA and Coca Cola.
