Buhari To Redeem 30 Years Pledge To 1985 Victorious Eaglets.

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the batch of Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets who first won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1985 that his administration will fulfil the promises made that time at a reception held at Dodan Barracks with the players.  
The president, in a statement last night by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu, said it had been brought to his attention that a directive he gave to the state governments at the time had not been complied with. 

Buhari said: “It is a pity that those promises were never fulfilled. It is unfortunate that our players, who did us proud on the world stage went unrewarded for their efforts, despite a presidential directive to the state administrators that they be honored in their home states”.
The statement noted that of the various promises made to the players at the time, only the Federal Government fulfilled its own commitment by sponsoring the players on a trip to watch the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
“The houses, scholarships and naming of streets after each player were supposed to have been catered for by the states”, the statement read. 
It also noted that shortly after the commitment was given, the then military administration of General Muhammadu Buhari was replaced and that despite repeated representations made to succeeding governments by the players and their officials, the promises made were left unfulfilled.
“I apologise for whatever embarrassment and disillusionment in your country these raised and then dashed hopes may have caused you,” he said. “My government will do all within its power to remedy the situation”, Buhari was quoted as saying.
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