The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung, has apologised to Nigerians over the Super Eagles’ loss to the Pharaohs of Egypt that denied the team the chance of featuring at the AFCON 2017 finals.
The Super Eagles had played out a 1-1 draw at the Ahmadu Bello stadium in Kaduna last Friday, only to loss to the Egyptians at the Borj Al Arab stadium, Alexandria on Tuesday.
In a series of tweets on his Twitter handle, Dalung said it was high time Nigeria returned to the drawing board to fashion out the best way to move the team forward.
He tweeted: “I personally apologize to Nigerians for the inability of the Super Eagles to qualify for the campaign to AFCON. We must plan better again.
“We have no good reason not to qualify if we had planned well and also organised ourselves rather it was crisis all the way rocking NFF.
“After this abysmal performance at AFCON qualifiers it’s important we return to the drawing board to plan the future of football in Nigeria.
“Nigerians can’t accept any reason for failure from anybody so we either deliver or we give way to those who can deliver success.”
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