Discipline gave Falcons trophy –Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday received the Super Falcons, who won the Af­rican Women Football Nations Cup in Namibia last week at the Council Chambers, saying dis­cipline and patriotism played a key role in their victory.

He promised to host the Super Falcons to a spe­cial dinner on November 5th, to enable the nation honour them for their out­standing performance. In a short ceremony shortly before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, the president, who was presented with the trophy, commended the players for combining their skills with discipline, which have consistently earned them trophies, as well as for mak­ing Nigeria proud. He urged all footballers to imbibe the virtue of discipline as without it, they could not achieve much both in sports and other ventures. “Today we are quite pleased to re­ceive the cup from you. You have made the country proud. Nigeria is known to be a soccer country. The male teams have been do­ing very well. But because of certain internal crisis, we tend to lag behind. But the female teams have been do­ing wonderfully well.
We thank you for your commitment because it re­quires discipline to achieve this height. No matter how good you are, even in the academics, you see brilliant boys and girls, who ordinar­ily would have made first-class but because of lack of discipline, they don’t make it. So, if there is no discipline, you cannot ex­cel in anything. You have the skills but you have also shown discipline that made you excel. We will continue to respect you.” Minister of Sports, Tammy Danagogo, in his remarks stated: “we bring you good tidings from Namibia; the legendary good luck has continued to follow us.”
He disclosed to the presi­dent that the discipline, dedication, passion and patriotism displayed by the Falcons during the tourna­ment was unequalled.