President Bola Tinubu Monday awarded the Nigeria’s senior national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress $100,000 to each of the players, $50,000 each for the 11-man coaching and technical team, and bedroom flats at the Renewed Hope Estate for every member of the team and coaching staff.
Also, the President conferred on the players and technical crew the national honor of Officer, Order of the Niger (OON).
This comes days after the President made similar award to the Super Falcons, after their record-extending tenth Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) victory in Rabat, Morocco.
The D’Tigress had on Sunday clinched their fifth consecutive AfroBasket title—and seventh overall—by defeating Mali 78–64 in the final played at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Tinubu also gave each of the players a new apartment for emerging champions at the just concluded African championship.
Additionally, each coach will receive $50,000.
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