The president of Tanzania has confirmed her commitment to giving Simba AC stars a massive cash bonus for their African Football League opener against Al Ahly should they complete one objective.
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On Friday, the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium will serve as the backdrop of the AFL opening ceremony as the Reds of Msimbazi welcome the record African champions to usher in the continent's newest club competition.
If the opportunity to make history in the tournament and defeat Marcel Koller side may not have been incentive enough for the CECAFA giants, the club has confirmed that Tanzania president Samia Suluhu Hassan has promised to give the players a 10 million TSh (about R76 000) cash bonus for every goal they score against the Egyptian juggernauts.
The club revealed the news via its official Twitter and Instagram accounts, and while that may get the players even more excited to face the Club of the Century, Simba's chairman of the board of directors, Salim Abdallah, has insisted that even fans in attendance at the match will have much to celebrate as the competition's opening ceremony will be a spectacle that rivals that of a FIFA World Cup.
Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe. Dkt. Samia Suluhu Hassan ameahidi kutoa zawadi ya Tsh. 10 milioni kwa kila goli ambalo tutafunga katika mchezo wa African Football League dhidi ya Al Ahly ambao utachezwa siku ya Ijumaa Oktoba 20, 2023 saa 12:00 jioni katika Uwanja wa… pic.twitter.com/GfLvU9VNAx
— Simba Sports Club (@SimbaSCTanzania) October 18, 2023
"It resembles opening ceremonies of World Cup competitions… there will be colouring lights that have been brought in to provide an amazing atmosphere, as such people should come in huge numbers to personally embrace the event," he said, as per Africa Top Sports.
"It is a big honour that FIFA and CAF have given us to host the AFL opening ceremony and the first match… I want to assure Simba fans and Tanzanians at large that they will see great football display from their team."
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Abdallah also revealed that one of the club's investors, Mohamed Dewji, will also provide the players with lucrative bonus packages should they defeat Ahly in their AFL opener and another if they eliminate the north African outfit altogether.
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