[ 2021-03-10 ]

Black Satellites players get $10,000 each for winning U-20 AFCON
President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,
has announced that the each player of the U-20
team, the Black Satellites, will receive a gift of
USD 10,000 for winning the U-20 AFCON tournament
in Mauritania.

The President heaped loads of praise on the
players for winning the competition and said that
their efforts had earned the respect and gratitude
of the nation.

“What the country is giving you is a token but
it is something to tell you how happy Ghanaians
are with what you have done.”

The President stated half the amount to be given
out in cash to the players while the other part
would be invested for a period of ten years to
help them in future.

The President added that the team technical’s
unit and other members of the team would take home
USD 5,000 each.





The announcement was made on Tuesday when the team
visited the Jubilee House to visit the President
after the returned from Mauritania on Sunday, a
day after beating Uganda 2-0 in the final of the
tournament.

The victory was Ghana’s 4th in the
tournament’s history after previously winning it
in 1993, 1999, and 2009.

Source - Citinewsroom

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