The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has released cash for of all teams that participated at the 5th African Nations Championship in Morocco, Nigeria to earn the sum of $400,000 for coming second at the tournament.
Official figures have now shown that hosts and champions Morocco will bag the sum of $750,000, with silver medalists Nigeria to earn $400,000 and semifinalists Sudan (eventual bronze medalists) and Libya to pocket the sum of $250,000 each.
The four teams that crashed out at the quarter final stage, viz Namibia, Zambia, Angola and Congo will each be $175,000 richer, while the third placed teams in each of the four preliminary groups will get $125,000 each.
The fourth –placed teams in each of the four groups will smile to the bank with $100,000.
“CAF has spread the monies in such a way that each of the 16 participating teams at the finals would benefit.
“No team has received its share yet, but once the finance and audit people conclude their work in a number of weeks, the teams would be paid,” NFF President Amaju Pinnick, a Member of both the CAF Executive Committee and the CAF Emergency Committee, said.
The Super Eagles’ players and officials have been promised 30 per cent of the bonus by the Nigeria Football Federation.