Nigeria's senior women national team were handed 10,000 Naira ($50) each after they successfully booked a ticket to the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations on Tuesday.

The reigning champions defeated the Teranga Lionesses of Senegal 2-0 in the second leg, final round at the National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday and advanced 3-1 on aggregate for Cameroon 2016.

Nigeria's goals were scored by Rita Chikwelu and Osarenoma Igbinovia.

This is in contrast with the senior men's team that gets paid $4000 for a draw and $5000 for a win. The men failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations for a second straight year last month.

This is not the first time national teams have been poorly treated. In 2015, the victorious Golden Eaglets were decamped with N20,000 after winning the FIFA U17 World Cup.

Florence Omagbemi's side resumed camp on March 7 and spent over a month in the successful execution of the qualification campaign.

Goal learnt that the players and officials of the Super Falcons were decamped on Tuesday evening and they were handed the sum of 10,000 Naira that was meant to get them to their various destinations.

The fate of the nine foreign-based players who participated in the Falcons' qualifying series is unconfirmed. Though another source hinted that they also received their return flight ticket fares.

An NFF source informed Goal that the team was already aware of the organization's financial challenges and provision of transport fare with plans to pay their bonuses and allowances soon.

Unlike their male counterparts, Goal understands that the women are yet to be paid bonuses since last year's Olympic qualifying campaign against Mali under former coach Edwin Okon.

Efforts made to speak to the Super Falcons officials were unsuccessful as they declined from commenting on the matter while NFF officials are currently in an extra ordinary congress in Abuja.

Meanwhile, Nigeria joined hosts Cameroon, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe as the eight finalists for the 10th edition of the continental showpiece.


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It's a man's world afterall

Wetin 10k wan do durind devaluation and scarcity ?

Am very sure they will use all that money to board taxi back to their houses and nothing left

Na chicken change....... the days of unnecessary flow of Ghana must go are over..... but they should give them something like 50k upwards..... my opinion thou... i dunno who e epp!

Na to quit playing for Nigeria if na me

dominique:
It's a man's world afterall

Men have been at the forefront since independence - this is the result of their solid incompetence

They should overlook this paltry rewards and concentrate on their passion and the medal ahead!

This government have no good motivation for sportsmanship! Yet they expect the best from our footballers! smh

Lol,real football is for men

Buhari keeps doing it again

We should be thanking God it was in cash not in bounced cheque

soft gals...

dominique:
It's a man's world afterall

According to you

10k
is it for Pain killer abii meal ticket..

This Nigeria don spoil finish ooo, these galz risk their lives and all we can afford to give them is 10k while billions is spent on traveling allowance of the dullest of all Buhari nwoke onye onyiri onwu..

Ah well....NFF has no money, and has a civil war going on right now...

Football in Nigeria...

Mediapace:
Wetin 10k wan do durind devaluation and scarcity ?

Am very sure they will use all that money to board taxi back to their houses and nothing left

Taxi or Keke

That's why nss was running away from gender equality bill!

I won't blame dem if dey decide not to put dere heart and soul in dere next match

hahhha men's world. #Change

WAITING FOR THE STORY TO BE DEBUNKED .

Quakertellicus1:
Ah well....NFF has no money, and has a civil war going on right now...

Football in Nigeria...

Football in Nigeria is a joke.

With all the fight to get this victory coupled with the injury some of them sustained, it is not worth it after all. Our football administrators are heartless.

Nonsense! We all know the current situation of our economy in this country. 10k cant even do anything. Do U know how much original soccer socks goes for? Bleep de shit

I often wonder why super Falcons are under appreciated financially, while the super Eagles (chickens) who are very disappointing keep getting excess financial gratification.

I think the Nigerian football association is setting a bad precedent.

That 10k is a slap on the face, after the hard work and dedication, would have been better if they didn't pay them any sum at all.

Fc

For goodness' sake... what does 10k want to do Upon how well these women play... Na wa o

Yea, this is the change we seek. God bless BMB/GMB.[color=#000000][/color]

Just 10k??

That's unfair, nysc monthly payment is even higher than that, jeez if na super ducks, i mean eagles , na millions we go dy hear.

I guess this is one of d reasons for the "gender equality" ish. Stop viewing females as lower species.

10000 naira USA dollars...
rubbish...
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