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Dangote Vows To Shun 2022 FIFA World Cup

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has vowed not to attend the 2022 World Cup in Qatar if the Super Eagles fail to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World in Qatar.

Nigeria will face Ghana over two legs late March for one of the slots to represent Africa at the Mundial and Dangote who has been a passionate lover of football and was once linked with a possible acquisition of English Premier League side Arsenal has bared his mind on the Eagles’ World Cup aspiration.

“It is not only important to me, it is important to all of us here, that is what will make us proud as Nigerians,” Dangote told sports journalists.

“If Nigeria does not qualify I won’t go there,” Dangote reiterated.

Dangote has a net worth of $13.9 billion and was hugely committed to the revamp of the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja where the Eagles will host Ghana in the reverse fixture of the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs at the backend of March.

The leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation according to reliable sources has elected to appoint Austin Eguavoen on permanent basis as the head coach of the Super Eagles with Emmanuel Amuneke as the assistant coach.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.