YSFON President, Gawuna Congratulates Flamingos For Winning FIFA U-17 Women World Cup
National President of Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON) Dr. Nasiru Gawuna has joined millions of Nigerians in congratulating Flamingos for winning the first-ever Africa’s women U-17 World Cup.
The Coach Akeem Busari led side Saturday night at the Mohammed VI Football Complex, Rabat, Morocco defeated Japan 2-1 to lift the coveted trophy.
Goals from Awawu Bashiru in the 39th minute and Oluebube Umejiaku in the 47th minute gave Nigeria a two-goal lead, before Fuki Ito pulled one back for Japan in the 80th minute.
Speaking on the victory, Gawuna, a former Deputy Governor of Kano State, said the girls deserve all the commendations for making the country proud as well as putting Nigeria in the history books of world football.
He commended the resilience, committement, hard work and fighting spirit of the players whom he said although lost their first game in the competition by 0-1 to Poland but did not allow that temporary set back affect their performance in the championship.
” I want to commend the entire team and their coaching crew for not only winning the trophy but making history as the first African country to do so.
” Their performance is an indication that the country is blessed with abundant talents and we at YSFON will continue to champion grassroots sports development in the country. And once more, I say congratulations to the girls for writing the name of the country in gold” ,concludes Gawuna who is the NDC Senatorial Candidate for Kano Central Senatorial Zone in the forthcoming 2027 general election
