Victorious players promised $100,000 cash award and apartment

Nigerian President Paula Tenobo praised the nationwide girls’s soccer producer for his victory within the final African Ladies’s Nations Cup (Wafcon) at a serious festive reception, as he promised them items and money rewards.

They hosted them in ASO ROCK, presidential housing, on Monday, Tinubu introduced that every participant will get $ 100,000 (75,000 kilos) along with an condo of three bedrooms.

The 24 girls staff chanted once they heard the information, however there was criticism prior to now that the prizes promised by Nigerian governments weren’t achieved.

Nigerian superconducts – as is well-known – the flight attendants had been defeated by MROCCO 3-2 on Saturday in a tremendous return within the second half, the place they received the tenth Wafcon.

Tenobo stated victory was a “victory for braveness, design and consistency”, including that in some unspecified time in the future “he didn’t wish to watch the match” due to the strain.

“Right now, she returned to the home like Africa.” “We can’t be proud.”

Upon their arrival on the foremost airport to the capital, Abuja, the staff was welcomed by conventional dancers, drummers, journalists and authorities officers. Then they had been taken to presidential residence in a convoy.

Tenobo granted the nationwide honor, the Niger Medal officer, to all gamers and workers, saying that that is “on behalf of a grateful nation.”

Captain Rashidat Ajibad stated that her staff’s victory was for “each younger lady in our villages, our cities and cities that dare to dream.”

She additionally confirmed her imaginative and prescient of Tremendous Falcons to turn out to be the very best staff on this planet, however she stated that this might solely occur with fixed assist from the Soccer Affiliation and the federal government.

The superconducts received 10 out of 13 variations of Wafcon because it began in 1998. The president described the final victory as a “trainer within the historical past of sport.”

Whereas the gamers celebrated further items from the president, prior to now, each the nationwide soccer groups for women and men in Nigeria have repeated points with the authorities for the delay in paying rewards and salaries.

The federal government solely honored its promise for under three a long time with new houses for the victorious males staff, Tremendous Eagles, which received the 1994 African Nations Cup.

The tremendous hawks participated a number of instances within the protests in sit -in throughout the primary tournaments on wage points, together with after 2023 of the Ladies’s World Cup.

There have been additionally issues in regards to the wages of wages, and lately, the followers known as for pushing them to pay the identical as Tremendous Eagles.

Earlier than their remaining match on Saturday, Tinubu responded to the gamers’ fits and rewards, together with amassed funds, including that this common observe sooner or later.