Buhari presidency says N750,000 is 'too much' to give Golden Eaglets

A much lower proposal of N150,000
per player of the victorious Golden Eaglets has
been tabled by the Sports Ministry, after a
proposal of N750,000/player was rejected by the
country's Presidency as ''too much''.
It has already been reported that the federal
government has rejected an initial proposal by
the sports ministry to reward the Eaglets after
they won a fifth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile
last month.
Beginning of this week the APC-led Government,
had warned that next year will be rough for the
country, because of the poor economy and has
moved to cut back drastically on government
spendings.
It would therefore be seen as double standards
if the government now splashes a fortune on the
schoolboy stars.
''The proposal has been reviewed after the
first rejection. We wait for the green light from
the presidency on the date for the reception and
the reward.'' A sports ministry official disclosed.