Olopade: Falcons will get their $100,000 reward — this government fulfils its promises

Bukola Olopade, director-general of the National Sports
Commission (NSC), says the Super Falcons will receive the $100,000 promised to
the team by President Bola Tinubu for winning the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations
(WAFCON).

On July 26, the Super Falcons won Nigeria’s 10th WAFCON
title in Morocco.

Two days later, Tinubu pledged a reward of the equivalent of
$100,000 in naira to each of the 24 players and an additional $50,000 to
members of the technical crew.

The president also conferred the national honour of Officer
of the Order of the Niger (OON) on every member of the squad and also awarded
three-bedroom apartments in Abuja.

However, Rasheedat Ajibade, the Falcons’ captain, said all
the promises made by Tinubu are yet to be fulfilled.

She also claimed that even the teams’ match bonuses still “a
work in progress” and the players “have not received anything yet”.

Responding to the claims in a chat with Arise TV on Friday,
Olopade said all bonuses of the Super Falcons from the tournament have been
paid, “but for only one or two whose accounts have issues with the CBN”.

The NSC DG said all the rewards promised by the president
will also be paid in due time, adding that “we are in a government that fulfils
promises”.

“On the promise Mr President made, we need to stop playing
politics and games with everything, it will be paid,” Olopade said.

“A few days ago, Mallam Shehu Dikko was still talking to the
Minister for Housing, and I sat down with the gentleman in charge of the
Renewed Hope Homes, and work has already started on how they will get the
apartments in record time.

“Look, we are in a government that fulfils promises; a whole
lot of things have changed. When we tell athletes ‘A’ will be given, they get
‘A’. We don’t play games with their remuneration, we don’t play games with them
going for competitions. We are quick to say this is what we can do — go out and
make the country proud.”

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