President Bola Tinubu has grandly fulfilled his promise to reward the Super Falcons for winning the FIFA Women’s Africa Cup of Nations trophy on Saturday.
He has bestowed the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger, on the Super Falcons and the entire technical crew.
Besides, each player is getting $100,000, some N150m each.
Also, the President has allocated three-bedroom apartments in Abuja to each of the players and the technical crew at the Renewed Hope Estate.
The President also directed the cash award of the naira equivalent of $100,000 each of the 24 players and $50,000 to each of the 11-man technical crew.
This came during a reception in honour of the players at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said, “I hereby conferred on the players, the 11 man technical team with national honours of the Officer of the Order of the Niger.
“Additionally, I have I directed the allocation of three bedroom apartments in the Renewed Hope Housing Scheme.
“Then there is the cash award of the naira equivalent of $100,000 US dollars each 24 players and the naira equivalent of $50,000 to the 11-man technical crew.”
Additionally, the Nigerian Governors Forum represented by its Chairman and Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman AbdulRasaq, gifted a sum of 10 million to each team member.
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