Izuchukwu OkosiPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday honoured members of the Super Eagles with national honours for their splendid performance at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, reports Prime Business Africa.
The Eagles lost 2-1 to hosts Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the tournament on Sunday evening.
The President also announced the gift of flats of houses and plot of land for each of the players and coaches in the Federal Capital Territory.
Each of the players and coaching crew were honoured with the national award of the Members of the Order of Niger (MON).
The reception for the team was held at the Council Chambers of the State House, as the players dorned an all-green attires.
The lands and flats in Abuja is expected to be facilitated immediately by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.
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.
