By OkayGoal
His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR on Wednesday rewarded the triumphant Nigeria U17 girls, Flamingos, with the sum of N100 Million each, with the monies going into Federal Government Savings Bond. They will be presented with certificates for the amount which will generate monthly returns and will still be intact after five years.
The Head Coach was rewarded with the sum of N100 Million in cash, while the assistant coaches and other members of the technical and administrative crew were rewarded with N50 Million each.
Delivering the goodies to the team, on behalf of the President, the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON praised the fighting spirit of the young ladies and applauded them for overcoming the setback of a defeat in their first match to win the remaining six matches and become the first African team to win the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup competition.
In his remarks, Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko, noted that women have been bringing a lot of laurels to the nation in the past one year, and praised the present Government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the huge investment in grassroots sports development that has spurred recent successes.
Present at the occasion as well were the wife of the Vice President of the Federal Republic, Hajiya Nana Shettima; wives of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives; Director General of the National Sports Commission, Hon. Bukola Olopade; Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Adewale Adeniyi; top officials of the National Sports Commission and the Nigeria Football Federation; sports and football stakeholders and; aides of the President and the First Lady.
An hour after meeting with the First Lady, the players and officials were hosted by the Senate of the Federal Republic, with the Senate President, His Excellency Chief Godswill Akpabio, GCON handing the entire team the sum of N 100 Million for their historic accomplishment.