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Super Falcons forward, Stella Mbachu, has pleaded with President Goodluck Jonathan to host the team to the reception he promised them after they won the Africa Women Championship in October.

The president promised to host the team after the 2-0 win against Cameroon in Windhoek, Namibia.

But seven months after winning their seventh African title and with the May 29th handover date around the corner, Mbachu has called on the president to fulfil his promise before leaving office.

“I just want to remind the president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, in case he has forgotten that he is yet to fulfill his promise to host us for winning the 9th Africa Women Championship in Namibia,” she told supersport.com.

“I understand that efforts have been made in the past months to no avail to host us due to his tight schedules but the president would’ve etched his name in gold and in our minds by finding time to host us as a befitting parting gift.

“Failure to host us before quitting office on May 29 will be a discouragement and setback on the side’s determination to excel at the World Cup in Canada.

“It’ll further send a strong wrong signal to the side that no one can be held or trusted on his/her promises.

“I’m passionately begging the president to reconsider his stand to host the side as such act will go a long way to motivate the team at the World Cup.”

The Super Falcons are drawn in Group D with USA, Sweden and Australia in the FIFA Women’s World Cup holding in Canada this summer.