Protesting members of the Super Falcons have returned to their Agura Hotel, Abuja base after the Presidency promised that the money owed them by the Nigeria Football Federation would be paid in 2 days.
The team won the 10th African Women Cup of Nations, beating hosts Cameroon 1-0 in an explosive final in Yaounde.
Chief of Staff to President Buhari, Abba Kyari, addressed the protesting players and promised to offset their bills in two days.
The players, who carried placards, were hoping that President Muhammadu Buhari, who was due to visit the National Assembly today to present the estimates of the 2017 budget to lawmakers, would see them and put an end to their plight.
Some of their placards read, “We are your children, pity us”; “Let us respect women”; “female football deserves respect.”
The treatment meted out to the record Aftican champions by the Nigerian authorities is in sharp contrast to that received by runners-up Indomitable Lionesses from the Cameroonian government.
The team won the 10th African Women Cup of Nations, beating hosts Cameroon 1-0 in an explosive final in Yaounde.
Chief of Staff to President Buhari, Abba Kyari, addressed the protesting players and promised to offset their bills in two days.
The players, who carried placards, were hoping that President Muhammadu Buhari, who was due to visit the National Assembly today to present the estimates of the 2017 budget to lawmakers, would see them and put an end to their plight.
Some of their placards read, “We are your children, pity us”; “Let us respect women”; “female football deserves respect.”
The treatment meted out to the record Aftican champions by the Nigerian authorities is in sharp contrast to that received by runners-up Indomitable Lionesses from the Cameroonian government.
