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Sports News of Wednesday, 21 July 2021

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NSF: Lalong splashes N25m on Plateau medal winners

Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong

Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong has announced that each gold medalist from the state at the 2020 National Sports Festival in Edo State will receive N1m cash gift from the state government.

It was learnt that the Governor, who made the announcement at a reception organised for the athletes in Jos on Monday night, added that silver medallists would get N700,000 each, while the bronze winners will be rewarded with N500,000 each.

The Governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Macham Makut, said in a statement on Tuesday, “It was a night of jubilation at the Banquet Hall of the New Government House, Little Rayfield as Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong hosted the state contingent to the National Sports Festival Edo 2020, where he doled out cash gifts to the athletes who won medals and their coaches.”