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Give Us Our 2018 NSF Bonus? – FCT Athletes, Coaches Cries To Minister
Coaches and athletes who represented Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the 2018 National Sports Festival in Abuja are worried and asking why the money which has been released has not been disbursed to them.
It was gathered that the money has been released by the Ministry to the Department of Treasury (DoT) since April 2020 but nothing has been heard as regards when it will be disbursed to the athletes who won medals as promised by the minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Bello.
FCT Minister had promised that Gold medallist will smile home with Three hundred thousand (N300,000), Silver medallist with Two hundred thousand (N200,000) while bronze will receive One hundred thousand (N100,000) naira each.
Some of the athletes’ parents who are staff of the DoT confirmed the payment into the Department’s account but wondered why nothing has been said about getting the money to athletes and coaches particularly now that they need it the most due to negative impact of Covid 19 on the economy.
A gold medallist who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “I appreciate the good work the Minister of FCT, Mallam Muhammad Bello has been doing particularly approving the bonuses for athletes who won medals at the last National Sports Festival. We were happy when we heard the money has been released to the Department of Treasury since April, 2020. But our hopes has been dashed because till this moment, no news about when we are going to get our money. They should know that things are hard now. There is no money anywhere. We plead that they should help us facilitate how it will get to us.
In the same vein, another athletes who confirmed to journalists that his parent works with DoT said, “We have confirm information that the Ministry of FCT has released the money to the DoT because my parent who works there told me that it was paid into their account in April. This is the best time to pay this money to us. We suffered by training very hard before we won medals. Paying us now will serve as a morale booster ahead of the next National Sports Festival in Edo. What is delaying the money that have been paid into a Department’s account since April? He asked rhetorically.
FCT finished 7th in the final medals at the 2018 National Sports Festival in Abuja with 21 gold, 9 silver and 25 bronze medals, the best result for FCT in National Sports Festival.
Gold medallist is expected to receive Three hundred thousand (N300,000), silver medallist to get Two hundred thousand (N200,000) while bronze medallist suppose to receive One hundred thousand naira each.
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CSO Salutes Trump
A Civil Society Organization (CSO) under the aegis of Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has congratulated President Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America.
Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President of the CSO said this in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja on Monday.
He expressed optimism over improvement on not just American economy but global economy with the inauguration of Trump.
“This is a man with greater vision of making environment around him great.
“In less than few hours of his inauguration, TikTok is back into existence, this shows how he is going to revive the world economy,” he said.
The ILDC boss who reiterated his confidence in Trump’s Presidency, described him as a man of clues and ideas to drive a stable America and the world at large.
He lauded Trump’s collaboration with global entrepreneurs like Elon Musk in an effort to revitalize America’s economy.
According to him, men and women of ideas flock together, they work together for better society and this is what Trump is doing.
Recall that Donald Trump became the 47th President of the U.S by polling 312 electoral votes Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226 votes in Nov, 2024.
Following the oath of office, Trump will address the nation before he is expected to parade across town to the White House and attend three inaugural balls in the evening
About 200,000 supporters are expected to visit the city to mark the presidential transfer of power.
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