Posted on: 10:46 Tue, 15 Dec 2015



The Nigerian Football Federation has
paid $500,000 to the victorious Nigeria
under 23 players that won the last
African u-23 championship in Senegal.

On Saturday, Nigeria defeated
Algeria 2-1 to become the winners of
the second edition of the U23 AFCON.

Each player earned $12,000 while
Head Coach Samson Siasia took
about $24,000.

A further breakdown showed the
team were paid the Naira equivalent
of $4,000-a-player for the final win,
$3,000-a-man for the semi-final win
over hosts Senegal, $2,000-a-man for
the opening-day win over Mali, and
$1,000 for the draws with Egypt and
Algeria.

They were also paid $100 per day for
the 10 days they trained in The
Gambia prior to this championship,
which amounted to $1,000. “All what
they were owed have been sorted
now,” according to an NFF official.

The Dream Team, Algeria and South
Africa will represent Africa at next
year’s Rio Olympics.