President Goodluck Jonathan on
Wednesday night announced cash
donations running into millions of
Naira for about 351 Nigerian athletes
and officials who won medals for the
country in various sports
competitions in the last seven
months.

The President announced the
donations for the athletes and their
coaches/team officials during a dinner
he hosted in their honour at the State
House Banquet Hall, Abuja .

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Describing the cash rewards as “very
token donations”, he praised the
athletes for bringing honour and
pride to Nigeria, and noted that
success was achieved because of
unity during the various competitions
and tournaments even as he urged
that such spirit define their conduct
in future championships.

He particularly singled out the
Nigerian contingent that was turned
back by Chinese authorities from
attending the Youth Olympics in
China because of the Ebola disease
outbreak in Nigeria . He gave each of
the team members N500,000 as
consolation award.

Other cash rewards, covering
athletes in Shooting, Wrestling,
Powerlifting, Golf, Track and Field,
Basketball, Handball, Cycling, Boxing,
Canoeing, Taekwando, Karate,
Badminton, Para-athletics, and
Football, as listed by the President
are as follows:

“For African Senior Wrestling
Championships, we have four gold,
two silver, two coaches and four
officials. For Gold N1 million, Silver
N750,000, Bronze N500,000,
Coaches N1 million each And Officials
N250,000.

“For African Junior Wrestling
championship, one gold, one silver,
six bronze, two coaches and three
officials. For Gold N750,000, Silver
N500,000, Bronze N250,000,
Coaches N750,000 each and Team
official N250,000 each.

“For World Power lifting
Championships in Dubai : we have
five gold, one silver and one bronze.
For gold, N2.5 million, silver, N1.5
million and bronze N1 million, the
coaches N1 million each and other
officials N500, 000 each.

“For Commonwealth Games, 11 gold,
21 silver and 18 bronze medals. For
gold N2.5 million each, silver N1.5
million and bronze N1 million each,
coaches N1 million each, officials
N750, 000 each and supporting
officials N500,000 each.

“For world team athletic
championship in the United States , a
silver and one coach and three
officials
“For the silver, N1 million, coach
N750,000 and team officials
N250,000 each.

“For African Athletic Championships
in Morrocco, we have 17 gold, 12
silver and seven bronze medals with
six coaches

“For gold N1 million each, silver
N750, 000 each, bronze N500,000
each, the coaches N1 million each,
assist coach N500, 000 each

“For FIFA U-20 team, we won silver
and therefore each player will receive
N1 million each, Head coach
N750,000, assistant coaches
N500,000 each and team officials
N500,000 each.

“For African Youth Games in
Botswana , for the gold N1 million
each, silver N750, 000 each, bronze
N500,000 each, coaches N1 million
each, assistant coaches N500,000
each.

“For Handball in Sweden , gold
N500,000 each, coaches N500,000
each.

In his remarks, Minister of Sports,
Tamuno Danagogo, said these
achievements were largely due to the
President’s love for sports
development in the country, including
his moral and financial support as
well as calm and clinical approach to
resolving sports disputes.

The Minister pointed out that these
qualities have made Jonathan the
President with the highest haul of
sports medals in Nigeria ‘s history.

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