PHOTO: Nigeria Female Basketball Team, to get N1m each for Winning 2017 FIBA Women African Championship

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President Buhari and Osinbajo and D'Tigrees (Image: NGRPresident)
After winning the 2017 FIBA Women African Championship, the Nigerian female Basketball team, famously known as D'Tigress, were finally received by President Buhari at the State house.

The President who received the team at the executive council meeting, praised the girls for the win, while also promising N1million naira each for the girls and 500,000 for each of the officials.

While we thank the President for welcoming and receiving the girls, we also would want to add that having won all their games in the just concluded FIBA African Championship, and coming home with the cup, the girls deserve more than just N1million naira. I mean any body who saw the girls in Mali play, even if you are not a fan of Basketball, you will appreciate the passion and determination shown by these young and talented Nigerians; especially in the final game against Senegal.

I know most people would want to argue that the girls were playing for their country and it was a service to father land, and what have you.
But if it were their male counterpart in football, they would have gotten far more than the N1million being promised.

The Minister of Sports need to see that these girls that have done Nigerians and Nigeria proud, are properly appreciated, even though they are not asking for anything, we must learn to properly and adequately appreciate our sports men and women, on equal ground, especially those ones that have done the country proud.

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