The CEO of Capital oil and gas industries, Sir Ifeanyi Ubah has rewarded the efforts of the Flying Eagles at the FIFA U-20 World Cup with a princely sum of ten million naira and IPAD for all the players and technical crew. The John Obuh tutored team was treated to a grand reception on Thursday at the premises of the first indigenous independent oil company.
The team who arrived from Colombia on Wednesday will also spend the night at the Golden Tulip hotel, Festac town, Lagos on the bills of Capital oil company while they will be given a sumptuous breakfast on Thursday to bid them farewell to their respective homes.
The CEO of Capital oil who spoke to the Nationsports gave reasons for embarking on such a noble project as he said: "What we are celebrating today is the effort that they have made, and I believe that if many Nigerians continue to encourage our youths, and footballers in this direction, I believe our football will go to the next level. We have to make sure that we encourage these young footballers, give them the moral support, to make them understand that people appreciate them."
Meanwhile the assistant Secretary General of the NFF, has given the John Obuh tutored team a free hand to share the Largesse they got from Sir. Ubah.
"It is a good thing the chairman of capitol oil has done for the boys, you can see that they are all happy. It has shown that even though they did not win the Cup, but they won the hearts of so many Nigerians with their performance including Chief Ifeanyi Ubah.We are very grateful that their performance in Colombia is being appreciated by Nigeria. The money is for players and officials. I dont know anything about it. The NFF has done a lot for the team while they were in Colombia, so I will just live it like that."
Coach Obuh who was all smiles throughout the ceremony stated: "You can see that more than that was spent in the organisation of this grand reception. We should commend the heart that gave out this, there are millions of Nigerians that can do this, but how many of them have been able to come out to do this? We had this kind of gesture from the Governnor of Rivers State who gave us some money, this is the first time we are getting this kind of gesture from an individual, he needs to be emulated. By the special grace of God the team and I will never disappoint Nigerians. I must say that it is great a gesture, I spoke with him(Ubah) while he was in Paris, and I spoke with the first vice president on this, we never knew it was going to take this shape that it has taken."
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