Former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, on Monday explained why the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, can’t welcome the Flamingos, Nigeria’s Under-17 women football team, back into the country ahead of President Bola Tinubu.
Ahmad explained that Obi doesn’t have the privilege of welcoming the victorious female national team back in the country because he is not the President.
Posting on X, Ahmad argued that the Under-17 women’s team were not abandoned to warrant Obi’s intervention.
Obi had accused officials of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, of blocking him from greeting the victorious team in Enugu, upon their arrival.
Reacting, Ahmad posted on X: “Just to add this as a private citizen, you simply cannot have the privilege of welcoming home a national team that has won a World Cup ahead of the President, because that responsibility belongs to the nation.
“They are not abandoned players. They are champions who have made the entire country proud and deserve to be celebrated with the honor and recognition befitting their historic achievement, not on the tarmac. Our champions deserve better.”