By: Oluwatobi Aroyehun
As preparations for their first match in the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket in Côte d’Ivoire (July 25 – August 3) peaked, Nigeria’s basketball champions, D’Tigress have received a big boost with presidential approval of enhanced allowances, welfare packages, and performance bonuses for the entire duration of the tournament.
The team, which reached the quarterfinals at the last Olympic Games and are four-time continental champions, are also aiming to achieve a record fifth title.
“This is the kind of sports administration we are building at the National Sports Commission – one rooted in shared prosperity, dignity of labour, and a culture of trust.
“Going forward, this will be the standard. As long as resources are available, what our athletes earn, they will be paid – promptly and in full. What they deserve, they will receive,” Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mal. Shehu Dikko assured.
“The National Sports Commission extends best wishes to D’Tigress as they commence their continental campaign. These athletes continue to be a source of national pride-on and off pitch,” he concluded.
