Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred national honours, financial gifts, and housing rewards on Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, following their record fifth consecutive FIBA Women’s AfroBasket title.
At a presidential reception in their honour at the State House Banquet Hall on Monday, Vice President Kashim Shettima announced that each player will receive $100,000 and a flat with national honours.
Members of the coaching and technical crew will each receive $50,000 and similar housing packages.
The entire team and staff have also been conferred with the prestigious national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON).
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The ceremony, attended by top government officials, including Oluremi Tinubu, the Wife of the Vice President, Nana Shettima, and sports administrators, celebrated the team’s resounding 78–64 victory over Mali in the AfroBasket final held Sunday night at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Credit : Nation News
