President Tinubu has conferred national honours and awarded $100k to each Super Falcons Player.
NaijaOnPoint Nigeria reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred National Honours of Officer of Order of Niger (OON) to the victorious Super Falcons of Nigeria for winning the Women’s Africa Cup of Nation (WAFCON) 2025.
The President conferred the honours on them when he received the Falcons at the Presidential Villa on Monday evening.
Tinubu also awarded three bedroom apartments each and a cash award of $100,000 each to the 24 Super Falcons players and $50,000 each to the technical team.
There is reportedly an additional ₦360,000,000 for the team from the Nigerian Governors forum. ₦10 million from 36 states.
It was gathered that Super Falcons’ captain Rasheedat Ajibade and the Vice Captain Chiamaka Nnadozie presented the 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations to President Tinubu and First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu at the State Banquet Hall.
Led by team captain Rasheedat Ajibade and head coach Justin Madugu, the champions arrived at the Presidential Villa at 4:35 p.m. to a rousing welcome from President Tinubu and other dignitaries.
Speaking at the ceremony, Tinubu narrated how he found it difficult to watch the Super Falcons comeback win over Morocco.
The President said: “Honestly, I didn’t want to watch the match. I don’t want high blood pressure, but our people came in and tuned my TV to that channel.
“When it was 2-0, I got very offended and restless, but I was there watching the resilience of the team.
“What you almost did was make me hungrier because your mother, the First Lady, was in the kitchen almost abandoning my dinner, and she kept running, ‘We have won.’ I said, ‘You have not won.’”