Chairman of the League Management Company, LMC, Shehu Dikko, presented a cash prize of 10,000 dollars to the victorious Super Eagles Team B on behalf of the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL.
LMC are the organizers of the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, from which the 23 players making the team B were selected from to represent Nigeria in the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda.
Dikko made the cash presentation to the team at a dinner organized by the Nigerian high commission in Rwanda.
He said: “The LMC, club owners and all the stake holders of the league appreciated your excellent display tonight (Monday), we are proud of the team.”
“You guys have been good ambassadors of the league and I have been mandated to present this cash as reward for your hard work,” Dikko said.
Super Eagles will face Tunisia on Friday while Guinea and Niger Republic will also play in continuation of the Group C contest to reach the next round of the tournament.