PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu said he has fully redeemed his promise of cash reward to Nigeria’s female national basketball team, D’Tigress, with each player receiving the naira equivalent of $100,000, while each official received the equivalent of $50,000, in addition to national honours and three-bedroom homes in Abuja.
Tinubu also disclosed that cash rewards to the senior national football team, the Super Falcons, have also been completed.
The President, in a statement on Thursday, September 10, said: “For the first time, a Federal Government has fulfilled this scale of presidential sporting rewards in full within one year.
“We had to follow the processes required by law and ensure that every commitment was properly implemented. That took time, but a promise made must be a promise kept.
“The outstanding cash rewards for our Super Falcons are also being concluded. The players and official have already received the title documents to their houses allocation and national honours certificates.
“Likewise the promise of houses and national honors I made to Super Eagles players have since been redeemed.”
While congratulating the athletes, Tinubu stated that Nigeria was proud of them, adding that athletes who bring honour to Nigeria deserve more than applause; they deserve a country that keeps its word.
“My promise to every Nigerian athlete is, make Nigeria proud and come back to a grateful nation,” he concluded.
