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The Nigeria Basketball Federation has reportedly awarded each player in the Nigeria under-16 team with 1000 naira for securing qualification to the FIBA Africa Championships in Tunisia.
Nigeria's under-16 boys national basketball team have reportedly been given a sum of 1000 naira each for their recent exploits in the African qualifiers.
Nigeria enjoyed a good qualifying run with both the boys and girls national teams advancing to the FIBA Africa under-16 Championships set to tip off in Tunisia next month.
The Baby D'Tigers secured a comfortable 67-38 victory against Ivory Coast in their first game of the FIBA Africa Zone 3 qualifiers to still qualify despite losing the second game to Ghana 47-45.
NBBF reportedly rewards Baby D'Tigers with 1k each
As a token of appreciation for the exploits of the boys in the FIBA Africa Zone 3 qualifiers, the Nigeria Basketball Federation has reportedly given each player in the under-16 team a sum of 1000 Naira each.
Nigerian journalist Kenny Bamidele revealed exclusively via a series of tweets on his Twitter handle @BigKensyn that each player was paid a thousand Naira while some got 5000 Naira for returning to their base.
According to Kenny, "The players from Lagos who had been screened and chosen were all transported by NBBF. They took public transportation from Lagos to Abuja and then all the way from Abuja to Accra to continue their camp. They departed Abuja in the early morning of day one for Accra, arriving in Ghana at night on day two. They travelled by road."
The report has circulated the internet for the past few hours and has generated reactions and outrage from concerned Nigerians about the paltry nature of the sum.
The NBBF are yet to publicly deny or confirm the authenticity of this information despite Pulse Sports' efforts but more updates will follow as they become available.
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As earlier stated, Nigeria's place at the FIBA under-16 Championships has been confirmed for both the baby D'Tigers and D'Tigress teams.
The tournament will tip-off in Tunisia from July 13-23 and will serve as qualifiers for the 2024 FIBA U16 World Cup.
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