WAFCON 2026: Super Falcons’ war with NFF threatens Nigeria’s dominance

Football fans, this week, got a glimpse of the Super Falcons’ shoddy preparations for this year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON.

The skipper of the team, Rasheedat Ajibade, was forced to lash retired astatine the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF.

Ajibade wrote connected societal media: “We are not conscionable preparing for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, we are besides warring for World Cup qualification.

“Our show astatine WAFCON volition find whether we suffice for the World Cup, truthful wherefore are we not preparing with the seriousness and strength this demands? This is not thing to instrumentality lightly, for God’s sake!

“I can’t cry. What is each this and for however long?”

Although this is not a surprise, it is some shocking and frustrating that these kinds of issues persist successful Nigerian football.

The squad has hardly utilized immoderate of the FIFA windows to play friendlies, arsenic it appears that the shot location is uninterested successful ensuring the Falcons person different palmy outing.

“Ajibade’s outburst is different leafage successful the shameful publication the NFF is writing,” Victor Oluwafemi, the Senior Social Media Manager astatine Sporty TV tells DAILY POST.

“She is untouchable, truthful I don’t expect repercussions.

“If it were athletics/track field, I americium definite a ample percent of them would person switched allegiances.

“Hopefully her cries would make immoderate empathy from the federation.