Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - Popular social media commentator Daniel Regha has accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of “misusing public funds” for rewarding the 24 players of the Super Falcons with $100,000 each, a three-bedroom flat, and the technical team with $500,000.
Tinubu conferred national honours and a cash reward on the
Super Falcons for emerging winners of the just-concluded 2024 Women’s
Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON, in Morocco.
Reacting, Regha, in a post on his X account, questioned why
the Nigerian government awarded cash and gifts to the Super Falcons while civil
servants are still struggling to make ends meet.
Regha wrote: “Super Falcons did a good job representing
Nigeria, but why is Tinubu’s govt or administration gifting the players $100k
each with an added three-bedroom flat?
“After the entire team is to get 30 percent of the prize
money? So the cash gifts will be coming from taxpayers’ money or the one
borrowed?
“For a country that’s crippling with poverty, and where
civil servants are struggling to make ends meet, how does this even sit well
with anyone? Sorry, but this is a misuse of public funds,” he said.
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