Tinubu confirms payment of D’Tigress’ $100,000 reward

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said members of Nigeria’s women’s hoops team, D’Tigress, person received the currency rewards helium promised them pursuing their success.

Tinubu made this known successful a station connected his X grip connected Thursday, saying each subordinate had received the naira equivalent of $100,000, portion officials received $50,000 each.

“Each subordinate has received the naira equivalent of $100,000, portion each authoritative has received the equivalent of $50,000, completing their bundle of currency rewards, nationalist honours and three-bedroom homes successful Abuja,” helium wrote.

The president said the payments took clip due to the fact that his medication had to travel the required ineligible and administrative processes.

“For the archetypal time, a Federal Government has fulfilled this standard of statesmanlike sporting rewards successful afloat wrong 1 year. We had to travel the processes required by instrumentality and guarantee that each committedness was decently implemented. That took time, but a committedness made indispensable beryllium a committedness kept,” helium said.

Tinubu besides said the Federal Government was completing the outstanding cash...