Director of Technical at the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme yesterday dismissed insinuations in a section of the media that the FIFA Technical Centre, otherwise known as the Goal Project, where the technical crew of the U-17 National Team, Golden Eaglets, is holding a screening programme for a new team, is sub-standard.
“It is sheer falsehood to claim that the Goal Project is sub-standard. There is nothing sub-standard about the playing turf or the accommodation where the players and officials are staying.
“The place hosted the screening programme of the U-17 Women Team (Flamingoes) and the screening programme of the U-20 Women Team (Falconets). There is absolutely nothing wrong with the place,” said Ikpeme.
A national newspaper reported yesterday that a member of the Golden Eaglets’ technical crew complained about the facilities at the FIFA Technical Centre, wishing that the NFF could accommodate the officials in a hotel.