Nigeria beat the then West Germany 2-0 to be crowned under-16 world champions 35 years ago
The captain of the historic Nigeria’s U16 team that won the maiden FIFA U-16 World Cup, Nduka Ugbade, has mixed feelings as the world today remembers the historic feat attained by him and his teammates 35 years ago.
Buhari was overthrown as military Head of State in 1985 before he could reward the all-conquering team. But over three decades later in 2016, the team was given some monetary rewards for their efforts.However, Ugbade, who wrote his name in the history books as the first captain to lift the U-16 trophy now upgraded as a U-17 age-grade competition, told PREMIUM TIMES President Buhari had bigger plans but the Sports Ministry officials at that time did not allow that to see the light of the day.
“So he announced N20million for each of us which should have helped a lot of people but the then Ministry people, not Sunday Dare because he is doing very well, changed everything to N2million which destroyed everything.”
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