The state governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has felicitated with former Nigeria Goalkeeper, Emmanuel Okala at seventy-one.
In a statement signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Aburime, Governor Soludo commended Okala for his heroics as one of the country’s most outstanding goalkeepers, who manned the posts for the national football team between 1972 and 1980.
He noted that Okala’s glorious moments came when he was named Africa’s best goalkeeper by the Africa Sports Journalist Union in 1975 and was equally in the Enugu Rangers side that won the Africa Cup Winners in 1977.
The governor further praised the legendary goalkeeper, saying that he capped his meritorious service to the nation as a member of the victorious Eagles that won Nigeria’s first Africa Cup of Nations in 1980 in Lagos.
He added that Okala’s towering achievements and contributions to the development of sports in Nigeria are commendable.
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