This archive report was first published on 12 July 2019.
Published on July 12, 2019, Nigerian national team is in the hunt for their first AFCON trophy since 2013.
Africa's billionaire Aliko Dangote has promised to give the Nigerian national team Sh5 million for each goal scored in their much-awaited AFCON semifinal against the Desert Foxes of Algeria.
The match is scheduled to be played on Sunday, July 14, at the 75,000 seater Cairo International Stadium in Egypt.
Another businessman Femi Otedola has also promised Sh2.5 million, half of what Dangote has tabled.
The President of the Nigerian Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, confirmed that the team will receive a handsome windfall if they score many goals.
According to Pinnick, Dangote has promised $500,000 for every 10 goals scored, $50,000 for every one goal scored, while Otedola has promised $25,000 for every goal scored.
‘Aliko has told me that for every goal you score, you score 10 goals and you get $500,000, you score one you get $50,000. Femi Otedola too. I called him and he said $25,000 for every goal scored. So, whether reply or no reply, you just keep scoring and that’s what you will do. And there is going to be more and more coming, that I can tell you for free,’ said Pinnick in a meeting with the team.
