After the Super Eagles’ victory against Algeria, BUA Group chairman Abdul Samad Rabiu announced a generous incentive package: a total of $1.5 million if the team wins the AFCON, plus $50,000 for every goal scored in the semi-finals and $100,000 for every goal in the final. The pledge was widely praised as a morale booster for the players and a show of private-sector support for Nigerian sports.
However, not everyone saw it that way. One controversial reaction argued that the promise was morally troubling rather than admirable: “A staff on his company’s minimum wage payroll will work for 35 active years of service and not earn as much. That’s the height of inhuman treatment and a deliberate eye service.” The comment reframed the donation as a stark symbol of inequality, suggesting that celebrating million-dollar sports bonuses while ordinary workers struggle on low wages exposes a deeper problem about how wealth and value are distributed in Nigeria.
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