Following their triumph at the just-concluded 2024 Women Africa Cup of Nation, WAFCON tournament in Morocco, the 24 players and 11 technical crew of the Super Falcons were compensated with a cash prize of N4.602bn as well as the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday, Nigeria Project reports.
The players and officials were also rewarded with the sum of N350m by the Nigerian Governors Forum, taking their cash reward to N4.952bn.
Super Falcons won the WAFCON title for a record-extending 10th time on Saturday after a dramatics coming back from two goals down in the first half to beat hosts Morocco 3-2 in the final at the Rabat Olympic Stadium.
The team touched the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday before moving to Villa for the reception.
President Tinubu had promised the team a befitting reception on Sunday while speaking with them after their triumph on phone.
Tinubu said, “Nothing else could have represented it. Crucial time, crucial victory. On behalf of the grateful nation, I hereby confer on the players and the 11-man technical team, the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger.
“Additionally, I hereby direct the allocation of a three-bedroom apartment for each of the players and the technical crew in our Renewed Hope Estate.
“In addition, there is a cash award of the naira equivalent of $100,000 to each of the 24 players and equivalent of $50,000 to the 11-man technical crew. Once again, I congratulate you, and I continue to pray for you. With this, the Nigerian spirit is unyielding and will never die. God bless you.”
