TVC E, SPORTS – Nigerian Under 20 national team, the Flying Eagles, will not be one of the teams to be rewarded by President Muhammadu Buhari on January the 21st despite winning a seventh African Youth Championship title last year.
President Buhari will receive some of the country’s top teams and athletes on the said date in recognition of their performances.
2015 FIFA Under 17 world Cup champions, the Golden Eaglets, Nigerian Under 23 team, who won the Under 23 AFCON in Senegal as well as the country’s basketball team will be among those to be rewarded by the President.
The Flying Eagles led by coach Manu Garba edged hosts Senegal 1-0 to win a record seventh African Youth Championship in Dakar in March to qualify for the 2015 FIFA Under 20 World Cup in New Zealand.
