AFCON: Super Eagles team members get national honours, land, apartments

President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all members of the Super Eagles squad that won the silver medal at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire.

The president also granted a plot of land in the Federal Capital Territory and a flat to each of them for their perforcemance at the just concluded competition.

Nigeria’s run to claim the country’s fourth AFCON title came to a disappointing end after the Eagles lost 2-1 to Cote d’Ivoire in the final on Sunday.

While receiving the team at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, Tinubu honoured every member of the silver medal-winning squad with Member of the Order of Niger (MON).

The president praised the team’s resilience, sportsmanship and can-do attitude.

Nyesome Wike, the Minister of FCT, later presented members of the team with forms to fill out and claim their gifts of land and apartments.