The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has picked a date that the Nigeria U17 team will resume camping ahead of the Africa U17 Cup of Nations, OwnGoalNigeria.comcan exclusively reveal.
Nigeria won the WAFU B U17 Championship in Ghana by beating Burkina Faso 2-1 and by so doing secured progress to the U17 AFCON, which will be hosted by Algeria in June.
Despite the tournament still five months away, the coach Nduka Ugabde led technical crew have been told by the NFF to return back to camp on Friday, the 20th of January in Abuja for preparation ahead of the tournament.
The decision we gathered was taken with the new board of the NFF led by Ibrahim Musa Gusau keen on ensuring that they secure passage to the U17 World Cup, by finishing among the top four sides at the tournament.
Nigeria are five times winners of the U17 World Cup and the Gusau led board sees youth football as the first thing that needs addressing if the country is to reclaim its place in Africa and the world at large after eight years of instability under the tenure of Amaju Pinnick.
