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The Federal Government has paid the naira equivalent of $100,000 to each player of D’Tigress following their record fifth consecutive FIBA Women’s Afrobasket title.
The National Sports Commission (NSC) confirmed that the players’ accounts were credited on September 9, 2026, with all recipients subsequently confirming receipt of the funds.
Each official of the senior women’s basketball team also received the naira equivalent of $50,000 as part of the Presidential Reward approved by President Bola Tinubu for the team’s 2025 Afrobasket triumph.
D’Tigress defeated their opponents to retain the continental title for a record fifth consecutive time and seventh overall in 2025, prompting the Federal Government to approve a package of rewards for the players and officials.
The NSC said the cash payment completed all components of the presidential reward promised to the team. The package included three-bedroom flats in Abuja, national honours of the Order of the Niger and the cash component.
“With the payment, the entire presidential rewards promised to each member of the team by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR comprising a 3-Bedroom flat in Abuja, national honours of OON and Naira equivalent of $USD 100,000 to players and $USD 50,000 to officials have been fully redeemed and completed,” the commission said in a statement signed by its Director of Information and Public Relations, Kehinde Ajayi.
The commission recalled that the players and officials received title documents for their three-bedroom apartments in Abuja and certificates of national honours in February 2026 during the FIBA World Cup qualifiers in Lyon, France. The documents were duly signed by Tinubu.
According to the NSC, the cash component was paid after D’Tigress participated in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Germany.
The commission also disclosed that members of the Super Falcons had received the title documents for their three-bedroom apartments in Abuja and certificates of national honours following their own presidential reward.
The Falcons received the documents during the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco in July and August 2026, while the cash component of their reward, also fixed at the naira equivalent of $100,000 for each player and $50,000 for each official, is expected to be paid before their next official engagements.
The NSC said the rewards were part of the Federal Government’s efforts to prioritise the welfare of Nigerian athletes and credited the relevant ministries and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation with helping to implement the package within due process requirements.
