Nasarawa Amazons Get Naira Boost Ahead NWFL Super 6

Nasarawa Amazons Get Naira Boost Ahead NWFL Super 6

Precious Oham

Ahead of the 2023/2024 Nigeria Women Football League Super Six Play-offs, Nasarawa Amazons have received financial boost from the state government, BSNSports.com.ng reports. 

Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Emmanuel Akabe, was at the Lafia City Stadium on Tuesday, to bid farewell to the team and made a personal donation of Five Hundred Thousand Naira.

Addressing the team shortly after their last training session, the Deputy Governor said, "I am here on behalf of the Governor and good people of Nasarawa State to bid you farewell as you travel to Yenagoa for your Super Six Playoffs.

"For the few minutes I watched your training programme today, I wish to say I am very impressed because this is the quality that every responsible sportsperson would want to see. Kudos to the Coaching Crew for the good job you have been doing, and to the players, for the quick adaptability.

"We are very proud of you all because you are always on track to make everyone happy with your performance. The last time I was with you in Kaduna, in 2019, you brought home the Aiteo Federation Cup, beating heavyweights, Rivers Angels of Port-Harcourt.

"Now, we are going for the Super Six. You will excel and come back home with the trophy, and by implication, pick the only slot for the Women's CAF Continental engagement. With the efforts of the Crew, the Players, the Management, and the Ministry, I am very confident that we are going to excel.

"As a Government, whatever it takes to support you to succeed, we will continue to make available to you because we have a sports-loving Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, who is far more current than me in what is happening in both Nasarawa United and Nasarawa Amazons. The Governor takes members of the Amazons as his children, and that's what you will continue to feel, going forward.

"You have his full backing even as you are carrying the weight of every member of the State on your shoulders. We are looking forward to this club playing Continental football."

The NWFL Super Six Championship will commence on 1the 8th and run through to 2the 6th May, 2024, with the Amazons locking horns against Confluence Queens, Heartland Queens, Rivers Angels, Edo Queens and Bayelsa Queens via a round-robin format with the eventual winners determined through points earned.