MEMBERS of the China 1985 set of Golden Eaglets, who won Nigeria’s first football world title by beating Germany 2-0 at the final of the then Kodak U-16 FIFA championship, will 31 years after be rewarded for that feat by President Muhammadu Buhari, reports africanfootball.com.
Each of the players and their coaches, including families of those that are no longer alive, will get N2 million from the president.
In 1985, Buhari was then a military Head of State when Nigeria, led by Nduka Ugbade, made history by becoming the winners of the first U-16 World Championship in China.
The Baby Eagles, who will later be nicknamed Golden Eaglets, beat Germany 2-0 in the final to become the first African team to win a FIFA tournament.
Buhari then promised the players scholarships, shares in major companies, among other things. But several of these promises were never fulfilled.
Buhari, now a democratically elected president, has agreed to make up for these unfilled promises when he receives the history-making team again at the Aso Rock Villa on Thursday.
Other sporting heroes including the Eaglets Class of 2015 who won a fifth U17 World Cup in November as well as the country’s Olympic team will be honoured on the day
Presidency sources said President Buhari will reward each player of the Golden Eaglets Class of 2015 with a cash gift of N1.2 million.
President Buhari will receive a total of 150 athletes and officials, who did Nigeria proud on the international scene in the period under review.
The Guardian
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