Tinubu Rewards Victorious Super Falcons With National Honours, $100,000 Each

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Monday bestowed the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger on the Super Falcons and the entire technical crew.

The president also allocated three-bedroom apartments in Abuja to each of the players and the technical crew at the Renewed Hope Estate.

President Tinubu also directed that the cash award of the naira equivalent of $100,000 be given to each of the 24 players and $50,000 to each of the 11-man technical crew.

The president made this pronouncement at the 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 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 to each 24 players and the naira equivalent of $50,000 to the 11-man technical crew.”

Also, the Nigerian Governors Forum, represented by its Chairman and Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman AbdulRasaq, gifted a sum of 10 million naira to each team member.

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