PHOTOS: President Jonathan on the phone encouraging U20 Falconets to go for gold today

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2977635670713492358" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2341px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">President Jonathan, who is currently in Germany, is pictured above speaking on the phone with </span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2977635670713492358" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2341px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nigeria's U20 Falconets who are participating in the 2014 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Montreal, Canada.<br /><br />The footballers will be playing against their German counterparts today, August 24th in the finals </span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2977635670713492358" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2341px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">of the football tournament.<br /><br />In the phone conversation, President Jonathan acknowledged that the Falconets have done very well </span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2977635670713492358" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2341px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">to reach the finals, urged them to beat Germany and promised them a heroine welcome.</span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2977635670713492358" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2341px;"> <br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="" name="more"></a></span><div> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbY6lX_-jFeNjqfPb3DNKXuM7ECk5Cf3qK-3IHJiInfziO_Jz-Vi-pGCEa1RQr3rFoC9TIUROn_3hccWXt7y_JWe8z6lD1Vw-3ATEQdyiETCdoM7yuU-Wg4_uHdWxscW6ek0iT2n3oo5Nk/s1600/0.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" /></span></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"You have done very well by getting to the final. I urge you to crown your efforts with ultimate victory tomorrow by playing with the greatest possible artistry, discipline, determination and patriotic zeal. I look forward to receiving you at the Presidential Villa with the winners’ trophy and you can be assured of the immense gratitude of the Federal Government and the very appreciative people of Nigeria,” he said. He promised them that he would be up to watch their game even though the time they would be playing would be very late in the night in Germany."</span></blockquote> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg50mF5cUMndZSbkBO4isEzzGZyh046K_Ie5hLZ6iIm1wGG59qO9mTrGDWee2GvI6Rw7v8j2lX5HcxKXbXK_p-qF8M3Y_F92IA2i24RQB-jTV0KkKLoesEid_wRhD6_2e6zXtrMy19cOgGO/s1600/1.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" /></span></div> <div class="nrelate nrelate_related nr_clear" id="nrelate_related_2" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; -webkit-transform: none; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; clear: both; margin: 5px 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"> </div> </div>

PHOTOS: President Jonathan on the phone encouraging U20 Falconets to go for gold today

President Jonathan, who is currently in Germany, is pictured above speaking on the phone with  Nigeria's U20 Falconets who are parti...

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