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Ademola Lookman with CAF award as best male footballer alongside Chiamaka Nnadozie with CAF award a
Precious Oham
The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has congratulated Ademola Lookman and Chiamaka Nnadozie for emerging winners at the 2024 CAF Awards, BSNSports.com.ng reports.
Obi, in a tweet on his official handle also congratulated the Super Falcons for emerging as the best Senior National Women's team in Africa.
He said: "Nigeria was again the starlight in Continental soccer as our own Super Eagles forward, Ademola Lookman, was crowned the African Footballer of the Year 2024, while Super Falcon's goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, is again crowned the Women?s Goalkeeper of the Year 2024 at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards.
"And to crown it all, the female national team, the Super Falcons, won the continent's Women's National Team of the Year at the same awards.
"I sincerely congratulate our very dear sportsmen and women who, through these awards, have written their names in gold and brought honour to our nation. Thank you for your hard work, efforts, skills, and excellence which brought you thus far.
"Sports has not only been a strong unifying factor for us in Nigeria but has proven to be a means of job creation for our talented youths. Moments of victory like this remind us of what we can accomplish as a nation in the area of sports if we invest more in the sector.
"For a youthful population like ours, sports remains a very important sector and we must give it the adequate attention it deserves. A New Nigeria remains POssible! -PO."
