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President of The Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe, has heaped praises on the Super Eagles of Nigeria for their performance so far at the AFCON 2023 tournament.
Motsepe also described Nigeria as a country after his heart.
According to the South African, Nigeria is a beautiful country with millions of good people doing their lawful business everywhere in the world.
The 62-year-old made this revelation while speaking at a media parley at Palais de la Culture, Trenchielve, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire on Saturday, evening.
Motsepe used the opportunity to address some vital issues concerning the ongoing AFCON 2023.
He added that the 2023 AFCON has been the best in terms of Organization and even financial rewards to participating countries.
Motsepe noted that whatever progress being recorded at the 2023 AFCON will be extended to other continental competitions like the CAF Champions League, Super League, CAN and the Women AFCON.
He however, praised the efforts of media men on ground, saying they hace projected the image of the competition positively to the world.
He added that CAF is studying some lapses noted in the competition and would fix them in the next competition slated for Morocco in 2025.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will slug it out with the Elephants of Cote D’Ivoire on Sunday in the finals of the 2023 AFCON.
Whilst South Africa will battle DR Congo for the third place match on Saturday.