13th Women AFCON: NFF launches Mission X campaign for Super Falcons
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has launched a media campaign, nicknamed Mission X, to mobilize and galvanize Nigerian football fans at home and in the diaspora in support of the Super Falcons’ quest for a 10th Africa Women Cup of Nations title in Morocco next month.
With nine titles from 12 editions of the tournament since the Confederation of African Football (CAF) launched the competition in 1998, Africa’s most-decorated women’s national team is heading to Morocco with one clear goal: to clinch a historic 10th title.
“We are committed to fully supporting the Super Falcons’ campaign for a 10th continental title. That is why we are launching the Mission X campaign — to sensitize football-loving Nigerians everywhere, young and old, high and low, male and female — to come out and support the team,” said NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, speaking from the United States on Tuesday.
“The Super Falcons remain the most decorated national team in African football. We are proud of what they have achieved and of what they aim to achieve in Morocco,” he added.
Sanusi further emphasized: “We want the Super Falcons to feel the energy of our passionate fans everywhere they go — from Abuja to Casablanca, where they will play their group stage matches — and at any other venue they reach during the knockout stages in Morocco.”
The Super Falcons also won Africa’s lone ticket to the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in 1991 (China) and 1995 (Sweden), although there was no tournament-format Africa Women Cup of Nations during those years.
