Honour to Super Eagles: Tinubu erred – Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri, a socio-poIitical analyst, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s meeting with the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

Following their performance at the just concluded 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Ivory Coast, where they finished second, the President met with the players in Abuja on Tuesday.

During the meeting, Tinubu announced national awards (Member of the Order of the Niger, MON) to each of them.

The honours bestowed on them also included flats in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and piece of land.

The delegation to the presidency was led by the Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, including officials of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF.

However, Omokri was of the opinion that Tinubu should have motivated the players with the promise of bestowing such significant honours on them before their game against Ivory Coast, insisting that they would have been more gingered to play.

“I think President Bola Tinubu erred in his interaction with the Super Eagles,” Omokri, a former presidential aide, wrote on X.

“He has now awarded the Super Eagles with the National Honour of the Member of the Order of the Niger, and gifted them homes and lands in the highly valued FCT. This is good.

“However, the best time to have done this, in my opinion, would have been to promise them these rewards, and more as motivation BEFORE their game with the Ivory Coast.

“There is nobody on earth who would not perform better if they were motivated. The Super Eagles were under-motivated while playing against the host nation. May this be a teachable moment for future tournaments.”