THE nation's U-23 Team has been charged to win one of the three CAF tickets for the mens football event of the Rio Olympics in 2016.
The team will begin its quest for the ticket on Sunday at the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations in Senegal, when it host Mali.
Amaju Pinnick said on Friday: “Presently, we are on a roll of good results and we are determined that those must continue. It’s been an exciting past few months during which we have won U-17 World Cup, qualified for the U-20 Women’s World Cup and reached the group stage of the African series for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
“The NFF is backing Samson Siasia because he is always keen to succeed. He has brought new, exciting faces to the group and there is confidence all around again. The ticket to the
Olympics is non –negotiable.”
Nigeria, Africa's first Olympic gold winners in Atlanta, are in same Group B alongside Algeria and Egypt too.
