Oyo Gov’t approves over N100 million for Falconets’ World Cup Qualifier in Ibadan
The Oyo State Executive Council led by the Acting Governor, His Excellency Barr Abdulraheem Adebayo Lawal on Tuesday among many other resolutions, approved the sum of N110,000,000 for camping and hosting of Nigeria’s Under-20 female national football team for the Women’s World Cup qualifying match between Nigeria and Rwanda.
It would be recalled that the new head coach of the team Moses Aduku had earlier in August invited 35 players to the camp for the preparations for 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture against their Rwandan counterparts.
The Rwandans will host the first leg of the second-round games in Kigali on Sunday, 21st September, with the return leg scheduled for the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan on Saturday, 27th September.
The last year’s edition in Columbia welcomed 24 teams to the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals for the first time.
The Falconets defeated Korea Republic 1-0 in their opening game, lost 1-3 to Germany and defeated Venezuela 4-0, before they were eliminated in the Round of 16 after a narrow 1-2 loss to Japan.
Next year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals will be staged in Poland.
