The Director-General of the National Sports Commission, Bukola Olopade, has assured that the Super Falcons will receive the $100,000 promised to each player by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for winning the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON).
The Super Falcons clinched their 10th continental title in Morocco on July 26. Two days later, Tinubu announced cash rewards for the squad, $100,000 for each of the 24 players and $50,000 for every member of the technical crew, alongside national honours of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) and three-bedroom apartments in Abuja.
Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Friday, Olopade insisted that all match bonuses had been settled, except for “one or two” players whose accounts had issues with the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The NSC DG stressed that the Tinubu administration had changed the narrative on athlete welfare.