Izuchukwu OkosiReprieve has come the way of the Super Eagles ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the payment of outstanding money owed the national teams and other sports under the previous administration of General Mohamadu Buhari (retd).
This much was disclosed in a statement on the X (formerly Twitter) handle of Tinubu’s Media Centre on Sunday.
A breakdown of the allocation shows that the cash incentives will take care of the salaries owed the coaches of the Super Eagles, as well as payment of allowances and pledges made to the youth females, and Under-20 national team.
The statement read thus: “President @officialABAT has approved the payment of N12 billion outstanding backlog for Nigeria’s National teams of various sports, which includes Super Eagles and others.
“The payment entails the clearing of the senior national team coach salaries running up to 15 months, payments of allowances and promises due to the senior national teams, females, and Under-20 national team.
“This is coming at a time when the Super Eagles of Nigeria are preparing to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations, which is billed to start later this month.”
The approved sum of N1.5bn for the prosecution of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt had not been released by the former government
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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