The board of the Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former U17 World Cup winner Manu Garba as head coach of the Golden Eaglets.
Similarly, Ike Shorunmu, a former Super Eagles number one goalkeeper, sent his condolences to the deceased’s family.
The team lost 1-2 to their Burkina Faso counterparts in the quarter finals of the event at the Nelson Mandela Stadium on Thursday.
The 2023 Africa Under-17 Cup of Nations is billed to hold in Algeria from April 29 to May 19.
Nigeria’s Under-17 men’s football team, Golden Eaglets, will resume camp on Wednesday after taking a break due to the general elections.
The Golden Eaglets have been drawn to play Morocco, South Africa and Zambia in Group B of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.
Nigeria will host Tanzania on October 29 at the Lekan Salami Stadium.
“The bigger ticket is to the World Cup in Peru in 2023. You have set the standards high and you cannot lower it.”
The victory for Nigeria came barely a few weeks after they claimed the WAFU B Under-20 Championship.
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria will take on Burkina Faso in the final match of the 2022 WAFU B Under-17 tournament on Friday in Cape Coast, Ghana.
