The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed that it’s global brand kit-sponsor NIKE is set to unveil new kit for the national teams.
NFF made the disclosure after a virtual meeting which was chaired by it’s President Amaju Melvin Pinnick and other Executive members with NIKE’s Tina Salminen, David Watson and Lee Murphy.
According to a press statement issued by the NFF Communication Department, the new kits were to be launched earlier before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The statement revealed that the Super Eagles would launch the new wears during the FIFA window for international friendlies next month.
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NIKE in 2015 signed a deal with the NFF as the kit designers for all the national team and the deal has been beneficial to both parties.
Before the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia when the Nigeria jersey was launched, NIKE received three million orders for the Super Eagles’ 2018 FIFA World Cup kit prior to the release of the jerseys into the market on 29th May 2018.
NFF recounted the success story so far since they signed the kit deal with the Sports wear giants.
“In the first day of the sales in London, United Kingdom on Friday, 1st June 2018 (which also was the eve of Nigeria’s high-profile pre-World Cup friendly with England’s Three Lions at Wembley), NIKE shops ran out of stock within one hour of putting out the jerseys.
“Apart from the tremendous success on the counter, NIKE has continued to express its delight with the running agreement with the NFF, initially signed in London in April 2015, with the various Nigeria National Teams qualifying for major competitions and impressing at continental championships.
“Since the penning of the initial contract, the U17 boys have won the FIFA World Cup; the U23 boys won the U23 AFCON and took bronze medal at the Olympics in Brazil;
The Super Falcons have won two AFCON titles; the Eagles B have achieved a record-high second-place finish at the CHAN and; the Super Eagles have qualified for the FIFA World Cup from a ‘Group of Death’ in the African series and have taken the bronze medals at the AFCON.
“Presently, the Super Eagles comfortably top their 2022 AFCON qualifying group and would be guaranteed a ticket to the finals if they overhaul Sierra Leone home-and-away in the Day 3 and 4 encounters in November.