Senate President Mark to lead support for Super Eagles

President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Distinguished Senator David Mark will be special guest of honour at Saturday’s 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifying cracker between Nigeria and Guinea at the National Stadium, Abuja.

The country’s Number Three Citizen, an ardent fan of the Super Eagles, was leader of the Federal Government delegation to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa, and accompanied President Goodluck Jonathan to meet the players and officials at the Protea Hotel Wanderers in Johannesburg on the eve of their opening match of the tournament against Argentina.

Also expected at the big occasion on Saturday afternoon are Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, Governors of Bayelsa, Delta and Nasarawa States, cabinet ministers, senators, members of the House, the Inspector General of Police and other highly-placed Nigerian political and business leaders.

The Nigeria Football Federation has also invited the three children of deceased Eagles’ legend Mudashiru Babatunde Lawal who are based in Nigeria. Olatunde, Bolanle and Abosede Muda-Lawal will all be part of the crowd cheering the Eagles to qualify for the African Cup of Nations, 31 years after their father scored the final goal that nailed Algeria and handed Nigeria her first Cup of Nations trophy.

It is part of the honour the NFF is giving to the former midfield maestro, having invited his wife and two children based in London to the international friendly against Ghana in August. The match was eventually cancelled as a result of the riots in London at that time.

Officials confirmed on Thursday that security personnel have been instructed to treat ticket-holding spectators with courtesy and avoid molesting anyone, as “football is a game of joy and there should be friendliness in the way we treat the fans”, according to NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles confront Guinea’s Syli Nationale as from 2pm for a place at the 2012 African Cup of Nations scheduled for Equatorial Guinea and Gabon early next year.



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