President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria today hosted and rewarded victorious sports men and women at the state house banquet hall. Buhari rewarded World scrabble champion, Wellington Jighere with N1.5m while his coach got N1.2m & his team security got N450,000 reward. The Golden Eaglets got N1.2m each while their Coach got N900,000 and Assistant coach got N600,000. Other Golden Eaglets team officials got between N200, 000 to N300,000. U-23 AFCON Champions and their coach were rewarded with N500,000 each.  Also rewarded was the 1985 Golden Eaglets squad that got N2m each while their coaches got N1.5m. The next of kin of any late player will receive the award on behalf of the deceased.  Nigeria’s National basketball team, D’Tigers got N600,000 each while their Coach got N600,000. The U16 female basketball team that won silver at the U16 FIBA AFRICA were rewarded with N600,000 each. Their coaches also got same amount while other officials got N150,000.  Also rewarded were the Athletes at the IPC Asian open (powerlifting). The winner of the Gold medal got 600,000, Silver 450,000 and coaches 450,000. Their officials got N250,000 each.