By Yetunde Oluwo, Abeokuta
It was naira rains for the Ogun State contingent to the 21st National Sports Festival as the state governor, Dapo Abiodun announced various cash rewards to the athletes in Ogun state.
Ogun State emerged Eight at the end of the festival with 15 gold, 18 silver and 37 bronze medals.
The state presented 425 athletes, 55 coaches, and 44 support officials and personnel for the sports festival, while it participated in 29 events at the festival, both in male and female categories.
Receiving the state-contingent at the Oba Complex , Oke-mosan on Tuesday, Gov Dapo Abiodun, commended them for the excellent performance during the sporting events.
The governor announced One Million Naira (N1,00,000) for each of the 15 gold medals won and announced additional rewards of N1million each for two gold medalists to encourage them more.
He also rewarded winners of each of the silver medals with N500,000 while placing N250,000 on each of the 37 bronze medals won.
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