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Buhari rains cash on Golden Eaglets, others

 

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President Muhammadu Buhari has rewarded members of the 1985 world-conquering Golden Eaglets team and other athletes with cash gifts.

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Thirty years after emerging victorious in the FIFA U-17 tournament in China, the victorious Golden Eaglets team were rewarded by President Muhammadu Buhari with a cash gift of N2 million to each player, while their coaches were given N1.5 million each.

President Muhammadu Buhari was the military Head of State when the team won the trophy in 1985 and he reportedly promised to honour the team for its victory.

However his tenure was cut short by a military coup, thereby making it impossible for him to fulfill his promise.

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Members of the Golden Eaglets team that won a fifth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile last year and other athletes that did the country proud at various international competitions during the period also got their reward.

At the reception to honour the team and other victorious Nigerian athletes in recent competitions, the President said the reward given to them was not payment for their services to the country but a token of appreciation.

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