Tokyo 2020: Dollar rain for Oborodudu, Brume

Silver Medalist Blessing  Oborududu  and bronze medalist Ese Brume have been
rewarded with their promised  cash of $10,000 and $7500, respectively in a ceremony  held at Grand Prince Hotel, Tokyo Japan on Tuesday.

Oborududu and  Brume  were  presented their cash  by the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Minister said “There’s no point  delaying the reinforcement of these athletes who have made the country proud,  that is the reason  they were rewarded immediately for their record breaking  performance”

Chioma Ajunwa was the first person who won  gold medal for Nigeria in the  Long at Atlanta 1996,  Brume thus follows suit with a bronze, while  Oborududu is the first Nigerian Wrestler to  win  an Olympics medal.

In her reaction, Oborududu said “I am just super excited and I want to say thank you to all my supporters and the Federal Government of Nigeria for the encouragement.”