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D'tiger Disappointed With The Cash Gift President Buhari Gave Them by Reportersgame: 5:20pm On Jan 26, 2016
Nigeria's national basketball team players have expressed shock and great disappointment over the N600 President Buhari gave each of them last week in Abuja. One of the players was alledged to have said:
“Do you know that it’s less than $2,000 at the current market value? .
Is that what you are giving to NBA players for winning a competition for the first time in the history of Nigeria? If Senegal, whose women’s team have won the African cup several times, could still give blocks of flats to their players, what then are we saying when we give such an amount to our players?
We would have preferred to be honoured in other ways like getting the least of the national honours or a postage stamp with our photo. That would have been better than for us to get half of what young footballers from age grade competitions, who should have been given scholarships, got.”
She also lamented on the too much preference given to footballers over them , that those who advised the President were responsible for the poor state of sports in Nigeria.
“We got $100 as camp allowance and $500 as bonus for winning the African cup whereas the Eagles got $10,000 for winning a qualifying match to a tournament.
What we achieved was not just winning the cup but also getting an Olympic ticket – the only ticket for Africa. It’s not fair. We have been talking to other players to join us for the Olympics but how do we now market the team to them? Is it by telling them that no government official will ever visit their camp?
The CHAN Eagles have been visited by the sports minister but we all know that CHAN is not the same as the Africa Cup of Nations. Nobody bothered to visit us. We don’t need $2,000 because it can’t buy first class tickets; we want to be honoured properly. How can I leave New York for Abuja for a ceremony that gives me less than $2,000?

Maybe they think we are still in the era of Goodluck Jonathan when money was splashed on irrelevant things. they should all return the money if the feel its not enough, then we will take them serious.



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Re: D'tiger Disappointed With The Cash Gift President Buhari Gave Them by adekhingz(m): 5:52pm On Jan 26, 2016
I refuse to make any comment
Re: D'tiger Disappointed With The Cash Gift President Buhari Gave Them by Oleku93(m): 6:21pm On Jan 26, 2016
Una deserve more dan dat bt d economy no dy laugh ryt nw

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