Just
like the other victorious Nigerian teams,President Goodluck Jonathan on
Tuesday rewarded the male national Under 17 team and also the Under-18
African Youth Athletic champions .
The
Golden Eaglets finished second at the African Under 17 Championship in
Morocco,where they lost out to Ivory Coast in the finals,while the
Nigerian Athletics team won the maiden edition of the African under 18
championship held in Warri,Delta State.
President
Jonathan said that he was rewarding them for their efforts in
representing the country very well in their respective
competitions,adding that he was giving them a certain amount of
money,considering that they are still young,in order not to derail the.
“In
recognition of your performance, we are giving you a token cash
appreciation. It is token because you are young people and we don’t
want to spoil you” President Jonathan said.
“The
U-17 players will get N500,000 each. Their coach will get N1m, the
assistant coaches will get N750,000, the team officials will get
N500,000 each while the team curator will get N300,000.
“For
the athletes, we will give N500,000 for gold medals, N400,000 for
silver medals, N300,000 for bronze medals and N500, 000 for technical
officials.”
“The
nation is proud of you. You have done us proud and as a nation, we
appreciate your efforts and patriotism. I urge you not to relent. You
must continue to inspire young people,” President Jonathan added.
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