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At a
reception which held in honour of the players at old Banquet Hall of the
state house in Abuja, Buhari said the compensation was not for them
winning laurels for the country but a token of appreciation for their
patriotic efforts.
He announced that each of the 1985 players would get N2 million, while their coaches would be rewarded with N1.5 million.
Buhari also appreciated the current Golden Eaglets team that won the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.
He said
each of the players would receive N1.2 million, while their coaches
would get N900,000, and N600,000 would go to the assistant coaches.
The president rewarded athletes and officials who did Nigeria proud in recent sports competitions.
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Each
member of the Dream Team that won the U-23 African Nations Cup in
Senegal last year got N600,000, while their coaches went home with
N500,000 each.
The
2015 Afro-Basketball Male Tournament gold medalists got N600,000 each,
while their coaches and team officials got N600,000, and N250, 000
respectively.
Members
of the 2015 FIBA African Women Championship, where Nigeria won silver
medal, got N400,000 each, coaches went home with N400,000 and while team
officials got N150,000 each.
The
gold medalists in the 2015 IPC Asian Open International Powerlifting
Championship in Almaty-Kazakhstan, were promised N600,000 each; silver
medalists and coaches, N450,000 each, while team officials will get
N250,000 each, according to the president.
Wellington
Jighere who won gold medal in the 2015 World English Language Scrabble
Championship in Peth-Australia got N1.5m; his coach, Anthony Ikolo got
N1.2m while the team secretary, Makano Adamu got N450,000.
Source:The Cable
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