D'Tigress AfroBasket champions: Nigeria's female basketball players promised $100,000 cash award and apartment
Members of D'Tigress's coaching and technical crew were also promised $50,000 each and a flat."Nigerian women have never failed this nation in sports. From the Super Falcons standing tall on the world stage, to our athletes breaking records on the track, and D'Tigress building a basketball dynasty, our women have consistently made us proud," President Bola Tinubu said in a statement."To all our young people watching today, let the story of D'Tigress remind you that greatness is a product of hard work, discipline, and belief. Nigeria belongs to those who dare to dream and are willing to give their best to make those dreams a reality."There have been been mixed reactions to the promises of cash prizes - with some feeling it is unsustainable considering the country's troubled economy.Though the question on the lips of most Nigerians is: how long will it take for them all to get their rewards?Previous promises like this have taken years to come to fruition.Two months ago, the government finally fulfilled its 31-year-old pledge to give houses to the 1994 Super Eagles football squad after they won the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia.Some members of that team, including Nigeria's all-time highest goal scorer Rashidi Yekini and then-captain Stephen Keshi, died before receiving the promised reward.
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