Ebun Francis || President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday received the victorious players and officials of the D’Tigress, the Nigerian women basketball team and promised that each member of the team will receive N1 million while each official of the team will get N500,000.
The President made the announcement at the commencement of Wednesday’s FEC meeting, the first for the President in more than three months.
The team last Sunday emerged champions of the 2017 FIBA Women’s Basketball tournament, the first time in over 10 years.
They achieved the feat after defeating the Senegal team 65-48 in the final.
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