A much lower proposal of
150,000 Naira per player of the victorious Golden Eaglets has been tabled by
the sports ministry after a proposal of 750,000 Naira per player was rejected
by the country’s Presidency as “too much”.
It has already been reported that
the federal government has rejected an initial proposal by the sports ministry
to reward the Eaglets after they won a fifth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile last
month.
This week the government of
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that next year will be rough for the
country because of the poor economy and has moved to cut back drastically on
government spending.
It would therefore be seen as double
standards if the government now splashes a fortune on the schoolboy stars.
“The proposal has been reviewed
after the first rejection. We wait for the green light from the presidency on
the date for the reception and the reward,” a sports ministry official
disclosed.
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