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Members of Nigeria’s national female basketball team are to receive a cash reward of $100,000 (\u00a375,000) each following their victory at the Fiba Women’s AfroBasket Championship over the weekend in Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n
At a special reception held in honour of the team, known as D’Tigress, Vice-President Kashim Shettima also promised each player a three-bedroom flat.<\/p>\n
Nigeria defeated Mali 78-64 on Sunday to win their seventh AfroBasket title, which also secured them a spot at next year’s Fiba Women’s World Cup.<\/p>\n
A similar bonus was promised to the national female football team, the Super Falcons, last month<\/a> after they won the recent Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Members of D’Tigress’s coaching and technical crew were also promised $50,000 each and a flat during the reception at State House in the capital, Abuja.<\/p>\n “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<\/a>.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n There have been been mixed reactions to the promises of cash prizes – with some feeling it is unsustainable considering the country’s troubled economy.<\/p>\n Though the question on the lips of most Nigerians is: how long will it take for them all to get their rewards?<\/p>\n Previous promises like this have taken years to come to fruition.<\/p>\n