D’Tigress were loud enough to force out the money from defaulters. Its good news they are receiving what they worked for
By Uzor Odigbo
Members of D’Tigress, Nigeria’s national women basketball team have now received their part of the Adopt A Sport initiative payments.
TheNiche learnt in a press release that the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development raised a sum of $230,000 from four banks to boost the preparations of the nation’s basketball teams (D’Tigers and D’Tigress) ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Banking documents from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) confirmed that each of the twelve D’Tigress players to the last Olympic Games in Tokyo have received $9,500 each.
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A number of the D’Tigress players have acknowledged receipt of these monies, while many of them have not confirmed. But documents show effective transfers.
Checks with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) also revealed that the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF’s) domiciliary account had been debited to reflect payments to D’Tigress players, while the balance of the $130,000 remains for the men basketball players.
The checks also reveal that the processes for these payments commenced on the 14th of October, 2021, about the same time the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development had assured the team that the fulfilment of the monetary obligations to them was in the works.