Federal House of Representatives' Committee of Sports member Hon. Dayo Adesola Samuel has described the mobilisation of support for the Super Eagles at the ongoing 34th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023  by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau as commendable.

Hon. Ademola who is representing the Apapa Federal Constituency, Lagos in the lower house of legislature said the Super Eagles' improved performance at the AFCON 2023 have drawn many to their side despite playing a draw in their first Group A encounter against Equatorial Guinea.

He said the strong sense of purpose exhibited by the 3-time champions has underlined the essence of unity in the team.

Nigeria have earned heart-warming victories over hosts Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, Cameroon and Angola to qualify for a semi-final face-off against South Africa on Wednesday in Bouake.

The Lawmaker believed the motivation and support being provided for the team  was a deliberate effort by the NFF- led Gusau in getting them well motivated after National Assembly eased the path for proper funding going by their collaboration with the executive arm of the Federal Government.

"This 10th Assembly has sports as one of its main agenda and we have young men as chairmen of the youth committees as well as the youth in parliament. They were here including the Deputy Speaker and the Deputy Majority Leader and others to support the team. It goes to show that this 10th Assembly is passionate and want sports to move forward. With the corporation of the Executive, you will see that in a long time,what the NFF has been able to do in terms of finances has never been so in the past and this is to show both the legislature and the executive are completely in support of sports development."

"The NFF President has been doing his best to mobilise support for the Super Eagles by providing tickets for the matches. These tickets have been allocated and you know, there are politics around allocations. I'm sure the NFF President will see to it that fans are mobilised to the stadium to watch the Super Eagles at the Stadium of Peace on Wednesday."

With the upgrading of facilities as witnessed in Ivory Coast, he suggested that Nigeria should aim at hosting the 2029 edition of the Nations Cup as this could be the  needed impetus required to revamp stadiums and other related facilities as it's an assured way of accelerating development even economically.