The Super Eagles of Nigeria received a whopping N17, 280,000 million for beating Argentina 4-2 in Tuesday international friendly played in Russia.
Nigerian newspaper Sportinglife reports that the players received $2,000 each for the win as that is the flat rate agreed for the team as match bonus in friendly games.
According to the reports the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) are already considering organising more high profile international friendly games before the World Cup in Russia to boost their financial powers.
In a related development, the NFF have also forwarded the World Cup bonus agreement they had with players of the Super Eagles of Nigeria to the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) .
The move is to notify the Government of their plans to ensure that the perennial row over bonus which has distracted the team during major competitions in time past does not happen again in Russia next year.
Osas Mahawi
