• Players get N40,000 each for road victory too
Plateau United players and officials have been rewarded with N500,000 by the management of the club for their impressive away win against Remo Stars at the Gateway International Stadium, Shagamu on Sunday in a NPFL Match Day One tie.
The financial reward was sourced for by the management of the club through one the Jos side’s Technical Director/Scouting Head, Ibrahim Ahmed’s foreign sponsors and it was different from the N40,000 each the players were paid as win bonus immediately they returned back to their hotel after the match.
The General Manager of the club, Pius Henwan told SportingLife that the monetary incentive is a way of motivating the team to perform better than last season and that they are hoping that the players will live up to expectation ahead of their double home games against Enyimba (Wednesday) and Sunshine Stars (Sunday).
He said he was not surprised that the players decided to go extra mile in appreciation of the gesture of the governor of the state, Simon Lalong and the club’s management on the team and that the objective is for the Jos side to grab six points from their next two matches and improve their chances of leading the log early on in the season.
Henwan also thumbed up the state government, Plateau State Sports Council and the League Management Company (LMC) for ensuring that Plateau United will play their league home matches at the Rwang Pam Stadium after the league’s body’s approval of the stadium.