President Goodluck Jonathan commends The Golden Eaglets + Atiku Salutes The Boys

President Jonathan
Today, I commend Nigeria's Golden Eaglets due to their well deserved victory at the FIFA Under-17 World Soccer tournament in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, UAE.

The players played with great skill and projected the Nigerian can do spirit and the result is that Nigeria has become a four time champion. This may not come at an improved time seeing that Nigeria is on the cusp of celebrating our centenary as a nation.

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In February in 2010, the Super Eagles won the African Cup of Nations and now our youths are today the world's champions. That is no fluke. It's no coincidence.

It is really a reaffirmation of what I've always known; that excellence is really a Nigerian habit. I believe Nigerians are poised to give this habit to every facet of our national life. May God bless people and may God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. GEJ