Sports minister, Suleiman Yusuf yesterday redeemed his pledge to reward medal winners with additional bonus. The minister yesterday morning splashed dollar on athletes that have won medals for Team Nigeria.
The Badminton team that won gold got 12,000 dollar reward, while the silver and bronze medals pocketed 1,000 and 750 dollars respectively. Dishing out the money, Yusuf said he decided not to waste anytime in rewarding the athletes as a way of motivating others to go for gold.
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