Some athletes in Delta State are grumbling over what they term ‘meagre’ cash reward by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa after emerging overall winners at Abuja 2018 National Sports Festival.
Team Delta was rewarded with over N403 million by Okowa on Monday for doing the state proud. The State won 163 gold, 88 silver and 101 bronze, totaling 352 medals at the 2018 National Sports Festival.
Okowa rewarded each gold medalist with N1 million, silver medalists N500, 000, while bronze medalists got N250, 000. Those who also did the state proud at the 2018 National Youth Games in Ilorin, Kwara State also received N100, 000 for gold medals, N75,000 for silver and N50,000 for bronze.
However, the athletes, who won gold medals in team sport events at the Abuja 2018 are claiming that they got less cash rewards, compared to what they were given after participating at previous National Sports Festival. Read more