President Muhammadu Buhari kept to his words, as he fulfilled the promise he made with the China 1985 U17 team that won the maiden edition of the tournament by giving each of the Sports Men the sum of Two million Naira each.
The event took place at the Aso Rock, where the President announced the reward for the team who did the nation proud during their hey days but did not get the opportunity to get financial reward as a result of the premature end of his twenty months administration.
Also, the Chile 2015 U17 Team guided by Emmanuel Amuneke who won the tournament for the fifth time and set a record of being the first team to win the tournament outside Asia were also rewarded with a sum of 1.2 Million Naira, while Head Coach Emmanuel Amuneke got N900,000, his assistants N600,000. N300,000 went to the Secretary and Medical Doctor, while other backroom staff got N200,000 each.
Players and handler of the 2015 CAF U23 Championship got N500,000 each while N300,000 went to the assistant coaches and other officials.
It is worthy of mention that President Buhari is the only leader in the World to have received the FIFA U17 tournament on two different regimes, the first as a Military Head of State in 1985 and the second as a Civilian President in 2015.
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