President Muhammadu Buhari welcome the Nigerian Female National BasketBall Team (D’Tigress), Champions of the 2017 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket shortly before the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday morning.
The president gave N1 million each to all team members and N500,000
each to team officials as reward for a successful competition, The Cable reports.
They defeated Senegal 65-48 in the final to clinch the title.
Buhari made the announcement at the commencement of the weekly FEC
meeting on Wednesday, which is the first he would attend since his
return from his medical leave in the UK.
The team captain, Aisha Mohammed, said the cash reward from the president would encourage them to win gold in the world championship next year in Spain.
Also, Musa Ahmadu Kid, president of Nigeria
Basketball Federation (NBF), said the team won because of the
“democratic process that has returned to the Federation”.
He further expressed optimism that the team could achieve the same success when they go to Spain.
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