- CAF will grant a financial subsidy of $500,000 too each of the five African teams going to Russia 2018
- This decision was conceived at a meeting held on 16 November 2017 in Rabat, Morocco
- The five African teams that will be in Russia include; Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt
The Confederation of African football CAF have decided to support the five African teams that will be representing the continent in Russia with $500 thousand each.
The Ahmad Ahmad led CAF arrived at the decision last month at the last CAF Executive Committee meeting.
They decided to set up an ad hoc committee chaired by the CAF 1st Vice President, Kwesi Nyantakyi, to map out a kind of support to be provided to African representatives to the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018.
CAF to give financial support to African teams going for Russia 2018. Source: CAF
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The committee which has CAF Executive Committee member Kalusha Bwalya and presidents of the Football Associations of the five qualified countries as members, met in Moscow, Russia, on the sidelines of the draw for the FIFA World Cup scheduled for 1 December 2017.
At the meeting, it was decided that CAF will grant a financial subsidy of $500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand dollars) to each of the five African teams.
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The financial package will be used mainly to strengthen and improve the technical supervision of each team.
CAF have always magnanimously decided to provide the five teams with “fieldwiz” equipment, a technological device and physical performance measuring tool for outdoor team sports players.
The five African representatives are Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt and will know their fate today Friday, December 1 when the Russia 2018 World Cup draw will be held in Russia.
Source: Sports.naija.ng