Tinubu Rewards Flamingos Players With ₦100m Each For Historic World Cup Triumph

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has rewarded members of Nigeria’s Under-17 girls’s soccer workforce, the Flamingos, with ₦100 million every following their historic victory on the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.

The reward, offered within the type of financial savings certificates, makes the gamers beneficiaries of a presidential recognition after turning into the primary African nation to win the celebrated international youth soccer competitors.

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, introduced the rewards on Wednesday throughout a reception held in honour of the victorious workforce on the Presidential Banquet Hall, Abuja, the place she represented the President.

Under the reward package deal, the workforce’s head coach, Hakeem Busari, will obtain ₦100 million in money, whereas every member of the technical crew is to obtain ₦50 million.

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Speaking on the reception, the First Lady congratulated the gamers for his or her exceptional achievement, notably their six consecutive victories after dropping their opening match.

She praised their humility, self-discipline and sportsmanship, describing their triumph as an inspiration to younger ladies throughout Nigeria and an indication that Nigerian girls can compete efficiently on the highest degree.

Senator Tinubu additionally acknowledged the contributions of the teaching employees, technical and medical personnel, soccer directors, mother and father and supporters in direction of the workforce’s success.

The Flamingos made historical past on November 7, 2026, after they defeated Japan 2-1 within the closing to say their maiden FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup title.

Goals from Awawu Bashiru and Oluebube Umejiaku secured the historic victory and ended Africa’s lengthy anticipate a title within the competitors.

Although Nigeria misplaced its opening match 2-1 to Poland, the workforce recovered impressively, defeating defending champions North Korea, Puerto Rico and Mexico earlier than overcoming Brazil 3-1 within the semi-final to achieve the ultimate for the primary time.

President Tinubu had earlier congratulated the gamers, describing their achievement as a proud second for Nigeria and a landmark within the historical past of African girls’s soccer.

In an announcement issued by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the President mentioned he acquired information of the victory upon getting back from marketing campaign engagements in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states.

The Senate had additionally pledged ₦100 million in recognition of the workforce’s historic achievement.

The pledge adopted a movement moved by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports, Senator Abdul Ningi, who recommended the gamers for his or her excellent efficiency and acknowledged the function of the Nigeria Football Federation within the workforce’s success.

The Flamingos’ triumph provides to Nigeria’s rising listing of achievements in girls’s sports activities. The Super Falcons received their tenth Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in 2025, whereas the D’Tigress secured their fifth consecutive AfroBasket championship in the identical yr.