{"id":1727,"date":"2025-07-25T16:18:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:18:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:18:53","slug":"tinubu-approves-super-falcons-full-bonuses-ahead-of-wafcon-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/tinubu-approves-super-falcons-full-bonuses-ahead-of-wafcon-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu approves Super Falcons\u2019 full bonuses ahead of WAFCON final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-heading-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-heading\"><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"social-list-box\">\n<div class=\"social-list-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-thumbnail-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1728\" src=\"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NigFalcons-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NigFalcons-1.webp 1280w, https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NigFalcons-1-300x218.webp 300w, https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NigFalcons-1-1024x742.webp 1024w, https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NigFalcons-1-768x557.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content-inner-wrapper\">\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has given the green light for the full disbursement of allowances and match bonuses to the Super Falcons as they prepare for their final clash against Morocco in the 2025 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Shehu Dikko, stated this during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that all financial entitlements \u2014 covering the entire tournament up to the July 26 final \u2014 have already been released for prompt payment to players, coaching staff, and officials.<\/p>\n<p>Dikko praised the decision, calling it \u201cpolicy in motion\u201d and highlighting it as evidence of President Tinubu\u2019s strengthened commitment to the welfare of Nigerian athletes.<\/p>\n<p>He further emphasised that prompt and seamless payments would now become a regular feature of sports management under the current administration.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative will also benefit Nigeria\u2019s women\u2019s basketball team, D\u2019Tigress, who are gearing up for their 2025 FIBA Women\u2019s AfroBasket campaign in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire. According to Dikko, they too will enjoy enhanced bonuses and allowances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the kind of sports administration we are building, one rooted in dignity, trust and shared prosperity. Future generations would appreciate President Tinubu\u2019s reforms in the sports sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has given the green light for the full disbursement of allowances and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nigeria","category-sport"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","wpucv-grid-three":"","wpucv-grid-two":"","wpucv-grid-one":"","wpucv-classic":"","wpucv-classic-small":"","wpucv-galary":"","covernews-slider-full":"","covernews-slider-center":"","covernews-featured":"","covernews-medium":"","covernews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"info":["vicrollion"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/category\/nigeria\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Nigeria<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/category\/sport\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sport<\/a>","tag_info":"Sport","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1729,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions\/1729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}