Super Falcons forward, Stella Mbachu, has pleaded with President Goodluck Jonathan to fulfil his promised grand reception for the side before leaving office on May 29.
The president promised to host Super Falcons for emerging winners of the ninth Africa Women Championship (AWC) in Namibia.
Falcons edged perennial rivals, Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon 2-0 in the final to claim their seventh title of the biennial football showpiece at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia.
Seven months after the heroic performance and barely 10 days to the terminal date of the current regime, the nation’s heroines are yet to be received by the president.
Mbachu said it will be a huge discouragement and disincentive on the side’s quest for honour at the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada should the President leave office on May 29 without the promised reception seeing the light of the day.
“I just want to remind President Jonathan in case he has forgotten that he is yet to fulfil his promise to host us for winning the 9th Africa Women Championship in Namibia. I understand that efforts have been made in the past months to no avail to host us due to his tight schedules but the president will etch his name in gold and in our minds by finding time to host us as a befitting parting gift.
“Failure to host us before quitting office on May 29 will be a discouragement and setback on the side’s determination to excel at the World Cup in Canada. It will further send a wrong signal to the side that no one can be held or trusted on his/her promises.
“I’m passionately begging the president to reconsider his stand to host the side as such act will go a long way to motivate the team at the World Cup,” said the Rivers Angels winger and 300 level sociology student of University of Port Harcourt.
