Buhari orders immediate payment of Falcons

hehe.....President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday ordered the immediate payment of all entitlements accrued to the Super Falcons who won the just-concluded CAF African Women Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
The Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Kyari, who just returned from a medical trip said he had conveyed the President’s directive to the players who staged a protest to the gate of the Presidential Villa earlier in the day.
He said the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, and the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Solomon Dalung, had been directed to ensure the payment latest Thursday.
He said, “The problem has been resolved. The players did us proud. I congratulated them for the feat they achieved.
“I have also told them that all their entitlements will be paid latest by Thursday.
“We have called the Minister of Finance as well as the Minister of Youths and Sports. They will be paid by tomorrow (Thursday). The details, I don’t know.”
The shabby treatment of Nigeria’s Super Falcons
The players had planned to protest to the Presidential Villa where they expected the Federal Executive Council meeting to hold.
The meeting however did not hold following the presentation of the 2017 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly by the President.
After Kyari addressed the placard-carrying players, they thereafter moved to the National Assembly in continuation of their protest.
The eight-time African champions, who are owed bonuses and allowances by the Nigeria Football Federation, have been protesting since they won the African Women’s Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

Protesting members of the Super Falcons have returned to their Agura Hotel, Abuja base after the Presidency promised that the money owed them by the Nigeria Football Federation would be paid on Friday.

Members of the female football national team had on Wednesday morning stormed the National Assembly protesting the non-payment of their allowances by the NFF.

The team won the 10th African Women Cup of Nations, beating hosts Cameroon 1-0 in an explosive final in Yaounde.

It was a record eighth title for the Nigerian ladies but the victory instead of putting smiles on the faces of the players, pitted them against the football body over the payment of their allowances and bonuses.

Reports say each player is entitled to about $25,000.

The girls, however, returned to their hotel after the Chief of Staff to President Buhari, Abba Kyari, addressed them and promised to offset their bills in two days.

The players, who carried placards, were hoping that President Muhammadu Buhari, who was due to visit the National Assembly today to present the estimates of the 2017 budget to lawmakers, would see them and put an end to their plight.

Some of their placards read, “We are your children, pity us”; “Let us respect women”; “female football deserves respect.”

The treatment meted out to the record Aftican champions by the Nigerian authorities is in sharp contrast to that received by runners-up Indomitable Lionesses from the Cameroonian government.

The social media has been awash with pictures, videos and stories of the lavish ceremony put in place by President Paul Biya to honour the Cameroonian ladies despite finishing as runners-up on home soil

 Nigerians have taken to twitter to react to the non payment of the Super Falcons, ten days after they came home with the trophy at the concluded African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) See more tweets below. abeg