Nigeria’s Under-17 women footballers, the Flamingos have won the World Cup.
As a result, Nigerian Senate announced a N100 million donation to the Nigeria’s said Under-17 women’s team, the Flamingos, for their historic FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup victory in Rabat, Morocco.
Nigerian Senate President, Godswill Akpabio announced the donation during plenary on Tuesday while presiding over a motion moved by Senator Abdul Ningi, who described the win as historic and lamented the team’s inadequate national recognition.
The Senate urged the Federal government to adequately reward the players and called on the NFF to sustain and develop the team.
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