Heartland players grumble over Okorocha’s largesse

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Players of Heartland, who are still basking in the euphoria of their Federation Cup victory, are not happy with the state government.
Governor Rochas Okorocha had on Tuesday night, announced a reward of N1million each for the players, an amount which the gallant players consider as nothing but a peanut.

One of the players, who dismissed the cash reward as nothing, pointed out that two years back, the Rivers State government splashed N1million on Sharks for merely reaching the finals of the same competition, while players of Dolphins got 30 brand new cars for winning the trophy two years back.

Another player stated that the N1million each of them got from Okorocha could not even buy a good ‘tokunbo’ car.
“I had expected something better because this is a feat that is coming after over two decades of trophy drought in Heartland. If the governor had given us land, we would have cherished it the more and that is something one can look back and remember. But N1million is something we can spend in days and go back to square one.”

Okorocha had at the party he threw for the players, announced the N1million reward for each of the players, even as he pledged to clear their outstanding sign on fees for the 2011 soccer season. The governor also donated a new bus to the team.

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