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PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO MISS FINAL
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will no longer grace the AFCON final probably bowing to public pressure not to distract the team.
A top official simply told MTNFootball.com: “President Jonathan will no loner be in the final on Sunday in Johannesburg. He most probably bowed to pressure from home that he should just allow the team finish the business on Sunday and then bring home the cup on Tuesday.”
Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati also confirmed on his Twitter page that the President will instead be in London on another official assignment.
Senate President David Mark will now lead the federal government’s delegation to the game.
Several state governors will also be on this delegation.
Fans have kicked against such delegations, saying they have often distracted the country’s teams from clinching the ultimate prize.
President Jonathan has months earlier promised the team he would be at the final of the continental showpiece event should they get this far.
He has personally supported the team in their quest for a third Nations Cup crown and spoke to the entire squad before their semi-final showdown with Mali in Durban.
Nigeria last won this tournament in Tunisia in 1994.
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Eze
Feb 09, 2013
CAF is a hopeless,incompetent and corrupt organisation.It has it's plan to make sure Nigeria did not make it out of the group stage,to achieve that they had to employ the service a referee that has been indicted in his home country ( Algeria) for corruption and match fixing. When that did not work on the first day of Nigeria's participation in the competition,they had to enploy a different tactic by awording a penalty against Nigeria from a contact between a Nigerian defender and a Zambian forward which occured outside of the 18 yard box."God does not like ugly "that's why he did not allow those antics to affect Nigerian spirit in the competition.They tried directly to eliminate Nigeria,it did not work so they had to try indirectly by eliminating Borkina Faso hoping that Ghana will defeat Nigeria in the Finals. It was clear to everyone,the referee included that Pitroipa was brought down in the box.The Ghana defender's Leg was way above Pitroipa's knees.There is no way the referee could not have seen that.I believe he was working on CAF's instruction to make sure Ghana met Nigeria in the Finals because of their believe that Ghana is a stronger team than Borkina Faso,also that Ghana would defeat Nigeria in the finals which was and is a fantasy and will alway remain a fantasy.The Ghana defender was supposed to get a yellow card at the least for that tackle not Pitroipa.I was surprissed he did not make the Ghana guys retake the penalties the missed in order for CAF to achieve their goal.We are not fooled by CAF so they should stop trying.Would CAF had reversed the outcome of the match had Ghana won the match duo to the blunder caused by the referee and have Borkina Faso play in the finals against Nigeria on sunday? We all know they won't.............................