At a special reception held in honour of the Super Eagles at the Banquet Hall, State House Abuja on Tuesday evening, President Goodluck Jonathan doled out millions of naira, plots of land in Abuja and national awards on the players and officials of the team for lifting the Africa Cup of Nations.
Stephen Keshi was conferred with the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) and a cash reward of N10 million; his assistants, Daniel Amokachi and Ike Shorunmu received N2 million cash award each and bestowed with the award of the Officer of the Order of the Niger.
Retiring Captain, Joseph Yobo was conferred with Officer of the Order of the Niger while the rest of the squad were conferred with the award of the Member of the Order of the Niger and N5 million cash reward each. In addition to the cash award, the players and officials are also to get a plot of land each in Abuja.
The players and officials were decorated with the national honours by Jonathan shortly after he announced the largesse.


Not done with the cash rain, billionaire business moguls and former bank execs., Tony Elumelu and Jim Ovia donated half a million dollars each to the Super Eagles, while Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote splashed N5 million on each player and technical crew of the Super Eagles.

Good for the Super Eagles and the technical crew but i'd like to know again the economic worth of this win for the country.

Reaping the fruits of their labour and perseverance

Our politicians are telling us the masses that for us to take a bite of the national cake, we must strive to achieve something while they themselves have free access to the cake without achieving anything.
If this is the only way they masses can bite the national cake then I think you guys complaining in the politics section should drop your Nairaland laptops and get out to achieve something.

Yeah, they deserve it and even more, after all, if it didn't go to them, would it come to me? NO. Onye gba ball olacha oroma, meaning; na who wey play football they leak glucose.

Not trying to derail the thread
Seems Mrs GEJ came back to the country without funfair.
How come we never knew she has "allived" arrived?

Well deserved!!

Well deserved

TimePiece: Good for the Super Eagles and the technical crew but i'd like to know again the economic worth of this win for the country.

Bragging right!

See dem now Ooº°˚.... Well, dos abokis go dey vex now. Soon dem go say na cos na igbos dats why gej give dem money like this...apart from dangote from north, abeg count who give dem money again... All na southerners...

Chai Money dey diz country o. If dey con win world cup nko?

Thanks for the appreciation. I pray the ownership of the lands are not reverted after President Jonathan's dsipensation.

Una Dey Reap D Fruit Of Ya Labour...Dancing Alingo 4 Making D First Page 4 D First Time...

Up eagles but I tink its vincent Iyama,dat deserves dat award not yobo....all desame congrats eagles.

Good for them!

TimePiece: Good for the Super Eagles and the technical crew but i'd like to know again the economic worth of this win for the country.

The Economic worth is making you proud as a Nigeria

O banyela nke apari ya.
Plots of land in Abuja? Nah, that one's just stupiid IMHO.

TimePiece: Good for the Super Eagles and the technical crew but i'd like to know again the economic worth of this win for the country.

Darling, not everything is about economic importance. National pride and honor sometimes calls for a nation to give recognition to some of its citizens. Besides, they won over N235m ($1.5m) alongside pride for the country.
They deserve it, if not for anything at least they have done something to bring good cheer to some (if not all) Nigerians, regardless of their socio-economic background and religious beliefs.

Football money.....blood money

Front page?

Kx: Not trying to derail the thread
Seems Mrs GEJ came back to the country without funfair.
How come we never knew she has "allived" arrived?

seriously Mrs GEJ did tummy tuck.

So much money!! Bt y did he giv assistance coach jst 2M while coach received 10M an each player 5M, is he nt bin partial

Its a nice gesture from d president, but d assistant coaches also received 5m not 2million

Look at my special DAME... I love her swags... I love dat madam jor

This incentive is way too much!
Why not use it to develope grass root football?... If the grass-root football is developed, then winning the afcon and even world cup would be possible....
They did their job for Nigeria very well!! They should be rewarded but what about the paralympians?? Didn't they win gold for us... Were they celebrated and rewarded this much??
What did they give to the paralympians??... Are they not human beings too?
Fairness and equity; that's not showing here.

These fund they are wasting should be used to develope grass-root football.. So we can discover month mikel, more okocha, kanu, another amokachi and many more!!

Haba!

oluMyderz: Chai Money dey diz country o. If dey con win world cup nko?

B4 nkor z a kin of motivation 4 dem 2 qualify 4 wrld cup... Dey deserve it.

Haba...wetin yobo do 4 dat tournament Haba...wetin yobo do 4 dat tournament

i like the aspect of the national award, Keshi has the same award with very few Governors, while Yobo is on the same level with many governors in Nigeria

Why did'nt they dash them wives too? Rubbish! Everybody is so high on this "nations cup" euphoria that you don't realise how wastefull the government is getting. This money is now part of the pile they've already gotten from people like adenuga and dangote..a nations cup will not solve a single problem in the country o!! But thos money wasted would have gone a long way!

TimePiece: Good for the Super Eagles and the technical crew but i'd like to know again the economic worth of this win for the country.

Same question my wife has been asking?

But the truth is that there numerous intangible benefits that winning the trophy accrues to us as a nation.

Well deserved!

cocospice:
seriously Mrs GEJ did tummy tuck.

How does this concern you? As if she really cares about you!LOSER!