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The aggrieved players who emerged African Women’s Cup of Nations champions recently concluded in Cameroon refused to vacate the team’s hotel following their unpaid entitlements and resolved not to relinquish the trophy.
However, the girls carried placards with several inscriptions as they hit the National Assembly taking off from Agura hotel in Abuja at 8am to the National Assembly.
They are expected to head out for the Presidential Villa where the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting will take place, in request of their allowances and bonuses amounting to $24,000 each, approximately N11.5m per player.
The leader of the protest, Aderonke Bello – a Journalist and advocate said that the girls deserve to be paid their dues and to also get their dues because they have served the Nation diligently.
“This is, unfortunately, a regular occurrence to female football in Nigeria, we treat our victorious girls with disdain and total disrespect as all the time…disgraceful really. It is inconceivable that the NFF/Federal government are unwilling to pay the players their dues after winning the trophy. This has to stop and the girls must be paid their dues.”
“We are going to protest the unfair treatment meted out to these champions who have won the tournament eight times, making them the most successful football team in Nigeria, and we hope the Federal government will listen to their plea.
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