The Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday rewarded members of the home based Super Eagles that won a bronze medal at the recently held African Nations Championship in South Africa with N1 million Naira each.
The head coach, Stephen Keshi who was absent at the event because he had been in the USA preparing the grounds for the Super Eagles world cup build-up got N1.5 million while his assistants were rewarded with N1 million each.
The backroom staff of the Super Eagles were rewarded with N500,000 each,The President had kind words for the Nigeria Football Supporters Club and promised to have a meeting with the leadership of the club on the 19th of this month in Abuja.
He praised the players for their good performance in South Africa, pointing out that he was happy that some of them had started getting signed up by foreign clubs.