President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday announced various cash gifts to members of the Golden Eaglets team that won a fifth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile last year and other athletes that did the country proud at various international competitions during the period.
The athletes were hosted by President Buhari at the old Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja.
The President also rewarded members of the Golden Eaglets that won the inaugural FIFA U-16 World Cup in China in 1985 with various cash gifts.
Each member of the 1985 team will get N2 million, while their coaches will smile home with N1.5 million each.
Members of the victorious 2015 side will go home with N1.2 million each and the coaches will receive N900,000 each. The Assistant coaches are also rewarded with N600, 000 each.
Each member of the Dream Team that won the U-23 African Nations Cup in Senegal last year got N600,000, while their coaches went home with N500,000 each.
The 2015 Afro-Basketball Male Tournament Gold medalists got N600,000 each, coaches – N600,000, and team officials – N250, 000 each.
Members of the 2015 FIBA African Women Championship, where Nigeria won silver medal, got N400,000 each, coaches went home with N400,000 and while team officials got N150,000 each. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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These cash gifts are from where now? Are they budgeted funds for that purpose? How did Buhari source the funds and on which appropriation head/title are these gifts classified. Is this not corruption also? If funds are just taken and splashed on people anyhow without being budgeted for, is it not diversion of public funds? Would Buhari not have 'jailed' anyone who did same in the past?
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