For coming second in the just concluded National Sports Festival (NSF), codenamed, Edo 2020, the Edo State Government on Friday night, announced a cash reward of N59,650,000 for the state’s athletes, the Edo Team, for their performances at the sports fiesta. He, therefore, announced that the 129 gold medals won at the event would attract a cash reward of N250,000 each; the 104 silver medals, N150,000 each and the 108 bronze medals, N100,000 cash reward each, totalling the figure of N59,650. Shaibu, while presenting Edo Team to the governor intoned that “they are not mercenaries but all indigenes of Edo State and not from Kenya. We want to assure you that Edo will be the state to produce athletes for Nigeria”. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report… Edo govt splashes N59.6m Edo govt splashes N59.6m

Source: Nigerian Tribune May 01, 2021 14:15 UTC