By Our Correspondent

Ahead of their all-important semi-final match on Sunday against the Desert Warriors of Algeria, the Super Eagles will be $75, 000 richer per goal they scored in the penultimate of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON holding in Egypt, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report.
Having overcome Cameroon and South Africa in the last two matches at the Round of 16 and quarter-final of the tournament with some credible performances, Nigerian’s business moguls, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola have pledged to splash the total sum of $75, 000 on the Super Eagles per every goal they scored in the semi-final and possibly final of the 2019 AFCON.
On a visit to the team’s Le Meridien Cairo Airport hotel Thursday morning, during which he urged the players to even redouble their efforts in order to cross the semi-final stage on Sunday, President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick put a call through to the two well -known philanthropists and tasked them to commit to supporting the team.
While the richest man in Africa, Dangote, made a pledge of $50,000 to the team for every goal in their remaining two matches at the championship, Otedola pledged the sum of $25,000 for every goal.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, who holds Nigeria’s second highest national honour (GCON) is the President of Dangote Group and is ranked as the richest person of African descent in the world. The Dangote Group has interests in various commodities in Nigeria and other African countries.
Oil baron Femi Otedola has recently been involved in a number of commendable interventions for ailing former Nigerian international players, including 1980 AFCON winning team –captain Christian Chukwuemeka Chukwu and goalkeeper Peter Fregene.
Further words of encouragement came from His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) following Wednesday night’s victory, with the President urging “the team and their handlers to be focused, disciplined and scale the remaining two hurdles to glory.”
It would be recalled that following their Round of 16 defeat of Cup holders Cameroon in Alexandria on Saturday, businessman Captain Hosea Wells Okunbo pledged the sum of $20,000 for every player, while Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu came good with $5,000 for every player.
NFF’s Official Optimum Partner AITEO also weighed in with the sum of $75,000, being $25,000 for each of the three goals scored by the team against the Indomitable Lions.