President
Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate payment of all outstanding
allowances and bonuses being owed the Super Falcons, an official said on
Wednesday in Abuja.
The Falcons had earlier
on Wednesday embarked on a protest march against the non-payment of their
allowances by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
The footballers, who
won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, AWCON, for the eighth time in Cameroon,
initially refused to leave their hotel rooms at Agura Hotel in Abuja.
They had, upon
returning from the competition which they won on December 3, been waiting for
the payment at the hotel where they were accommodated by the NFF.
But on Wednesday they
staged a protest march, carrying various placards with inscriptions along the
roads between the National Assembly and the secretariat gate of the
Presidential Villa.
The protest was planned
to coincide with the appearance of President Muhammadu Buhari who was scheduled
to present the 2017 budget to the National Assembly on Wednesday.
Speaking later, the
Chief of Staff to President Buhari, Abba Kyari, told State House correspondents
on Wednesday that the issue had been resolved.
He said government had
since directed appropriate authorities to settle the players’ allowances and
bonuses.
“The problem has been resolved. They have done us proud and
we congratulated them. The Ministries of Sports and Finance have been directed
to pay tomorrow (Thursday).
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