President Jonathan to Compensate CHAN Eagles

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President Jonathan, on Thursday, will host and give out monetary compensation to players and coaches of the Super Eagles home-based team who recently finished third at the CAF African Nations Championship in South Africa on their debut.

The sports minister, Bolaji Abudulahi stated that the President was happy with the Eagles for making the country proud, especially their remarkable comeback against Morocco in the quarter-final match at the tournament.

Although President Jonathan has not declared the amount he will give to the players, it was learnt that the players will get N1m each, the assistant coaches N1.5m, while head coach Stephen Keshi will get N2m.

The president who has never hidden his admiration of the feat of the country’s football teams, during a church service stated that Nigeria like the Super Eagles will bounce back from the doldrums to be a great country again.