The members of the FIFA U-17 World Cup
winning squad, the Golden Eaglets are yet to recover from shock after
the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF handed them a paltry N20, 000 each before they dispersed in Abuja last Thursday.
“It’s surely not the best way to treat
heroes. The money they gave us could not even fetch us flight tickets to
take us home to see our loved ones,’’ said one of the players who did
not want his name in print for fear of victimization by officials of the
football federation.
Another player said on phone yesterday: “I’ve heard about how badly players have been treated in the past.
Said the player who is on verge of sealing a lucrative professional contract with an English Premier League club.
Players and officials of the U-17
National Team returned to the country last Wednesday, following a
successful campaign at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. They were
driven round parts of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory in a
motorcade before the convoy arrived at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel.
The new Minister of Youth and Sports,
Mr. Solomon Dalong, later had dinner with the team at the Transcorp
Hilton Hotel. The team will be decamped on Thursday, to reconvene for a
presidential reception which Nigerian Pilot gathered, has been scheduled
for November 28 in Abuja.
The team helped Nigeria become the first
country to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup title for a fifth time in Chile
recently. The Eaglets also became only the second side to retain the
FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 2-0 win against Mali in the grand finale.
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A key member of the team, Victor
Osimhen, clinched the Adidas Silver Ball for the highest goal scorer of
the tournament where he banged in a record-breaking ten goals.
Reacting on his facebook page, Abdulazeez Hussam Hussien said
“This man is not only brainless but wicked also.
Buhari
gave golden eaglets who won the fifa under-17 world cup for the record
5th time a miserable 20k why he paid 20,000,000 naira to teach his
ministers how to operate facebook and other social media.
Reacting on his facebook page, Abdulazeez Hussam Hussien said
“This man is not only brainless but wicked also.
I believe he did this coz most of the players are from the east and no northern player in the team”.
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