Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has gifted Justin Madugu, the coach of the Tremendous Falcons group, a three-bedroom bungalow and N50 million for main the ladies’s nationwide soccer group to victory on the 2024 Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON).
The Governor introduced the reward because the coach visited him on the Authorities Home in Yola, Adamawa’s capital, a Fb publish shared by the governor’s aide, Pius Iliya, famous.
“Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, on behalf of the Authorities and folks of Adamawa State, has gifted Justine Pwanidi Madugu (coach of Nigeria’s Tremendous Falcons) a three-bedroom bungalow and a sum of N50m for main the group into profitable the 2024 Girls African Cup of Nation that happened in Morocco this 12 months,” the publish learn.
Fintiri praised Madugu, who’s an Adamawa indigene, for his distinctive contribution to the Falcons’ triumphant marketing campaign on the just-concluded match.
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Madugu’s go to to the Governor comes after the group’s ceremonial return from Morocco and a nationwide reception hosted by President Bola Tinubu.
The President handled the squad to a state banquet the place he announced a reward of $100,000 for each player, whereas Madugu and different members of the technical crew received $50,000 money rewards.
Tinubu additionally bestowed nationwide honours on the gamers and technical crew, and gifted them residential flats in Abuja in recognition of their achievement.
Whereas presenting the group with their rewards, the President praised their resilience, braveness, and dedication, describing the victory as “historic” and “inspirational.”
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The Tremendous Falcons dramatically clinched the trophy, after preventing from two objectives right down to defeat hosts, Morocco, 3-2 within the closing final Saturday.
The win reinforces the Tremendous Falcons’ dominance in African ladies’s soccer, with the group now holding 10 WAFCON titles, probably the most on the continent.
