Nigeria President Bola Tinubu rewards Super Falcons players with $100k cash prize, National Honours after WAFCON 2024 triumph

The President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has announced sumptuous rewards for the players and the technical team of the Super Falcons team that won the 2024 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title.

The Super Falcons came from two goals down on Saturday to defeat host nation Morocco 3-2 in the final of this year’s WAFCON to claim the enviable title.

The triumph saw Nigeria winning the WAFCON for the tenth time, the most by any African country.

Impressed with the achievement of the team, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has bestowed the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger on the Super Falcons and the entire technical crew.

In addition, the President is rewarding all players with a cash amount of $100,000. Each member of the technical team will also receive $50,000.

“I hereby conferred on the players, the 11-man technical team, with national honours of the Officer of the Order of the Niger.

“Additionally, I have directed the allocation of three-bedroom apartments in the Renewed Hope Housing Scheme.

“Then there is the cash award of the naira equivalent of $100,000 US dollars each 24 players and the naira equivalent of $50,000 to the 11-man technical crew,” President Tinubu announced.