After the opening 90 minutes match in Kumasi on Friday that finished up a goalless draw, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and Nigeria Football Federation have together paid for 20,000 tickets to give to fans who want to support the Eagles on the day, in a bid to support the Super Eagle and to fill up the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Tuesday’s playoff final battle against the Black Stars of Ghana in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifier.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare after a meeting of the organizing committee put in place by the ministry, including officials of NFF.
The Youth and Sports Minister said “We will buy 20,000 of the tickets and give them to fans at designated centers on Monday and Tuesday morning. We want to ensure maximum support for the Super Eagles by filling up the stands.
“The NFF has done well to secure maximum capacity of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium for the match. This move will guarantee us a full house if you also consider the efforts that the ticket rights holder, Africa Independent Television have been making on their own.”
In addition, Mallam Shehu Dikko, NFF 2nd Vice President, said both the Ministry and the NFF believe that the full house will ginger the Super Eagles to win a seventh FIFA World Cup finals ticket on Tuesday evening.
“It is a very big match and we need the maximum support for our team. The players have expressed a desire for a full house, just as the Ghanaians had in Kumasi. We want to thank the Ministry for initiating this move.”
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