Members of the
female football national team, the Super Falcons, have stormed the National
Assembly, protesting the non-payment of their allowances by the Nigerian
Football Federation.
The team won the
10th edition of the African Women championship just held in Cameroon.
It was the 8th time
Nigeria won the competition.
But, the victorious
team members have been held up in a hotel in Abuja, many days after they
returned to the country with the trophy, owing to non-payment of their
entitlements.
They protest daily
on the streets of Abuja and have vowed never to leave the hotel until their
allowances were paid.
Professional
footballers beg NFF to pay Falcons
The ladies are
hoping that President Muhammadu Buhari, who is due to visit the National
Assembly today to present the estimates of the 2017 budget to lawmakers, will
see them and show pity on their plight.
Some of their
placards read, “We are your children, pity us”; “Let us respect women”; “female
football deserves respect.”
PUNCH
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