Izuchukwu Okosi
Players of the Nigerian U-20 national team, Flying Eagles have received the sum of $2, 400 each from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) being the sum total of their allowance during the WAFU B tournament in Niamey, Niger reports Prime Business Africa.
The Flying Eagles won the Sub regional tournament which automatically means that they will play at the CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt in February 2023.
The team defeated Benin 3-1 to book their place at the AFCON which will produce Africa’s three representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
The Ladan Bosso led team were hosted in Abuja by the sports minister Sunday Dare when the amount which was their individual camp allowances were revealed.
The players were also handed the sum of N60, 000 each for their transportation back to their teams.
Date for the resumption of their camp ahead of the 2023 CAF U-20 AFCON has not been confirmed.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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