Reacting to criticisms that the hotel is located outside the Brazilian city of Sao Paolo and will take the Super Eagles over one hour to get to any of their three group match stadia, the Federation disclosed that the hotel was picked by the World Cup organizers, FIFA and approved by Coach Stephen Keshi.
NFF General Secretary, Musa Amadu, disclosed that the Super Eagles are not the only team to be camped at the hotel, adding that the Nigerian team would be moving from the camp to honour all their group matches in Cuiaba, Curitiba and Porto Alegre.
“The arrangement is that in any day the team will have a match, they will move a day before the match day, play the match and then return to their base. It is the same with all other countries participating in the World Cup.
“Brazil is a huge country and some of the travels you have to do them for more that two or three hours. But of course there is enough time for the team to move and there are chartered flights and FIFA has arranged everything with the airlines there.
“The hotel has already been booked and everything is ready. The Victoria Hotel Campiness was approved by the Super Eagles head coach himself. He has seen everything and he likes what he has seen.
“We have discussed everything with the Nigerian Consular General in Brazil. So in terms of accommodation for the Super Eagles in Brazil, we must assure that everything is absolutely perfect. Remember that this is FIFA arranged and it is for all the participating teams,” Amadu noted.
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