Naira rain for Falcons as players pocket N3m each .

                                                                                    

It was naira rain for the glorious trophy-winning Super Falcons yesterday as the federal government released about N70 million to settle all the arrears of bonuses being owed them.

Each player, we gathered pocketed about  N3m from the largesse.

The Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission (NSC), Dr Tammy Danagogo, who made the disclosure when he received the team at the Abuja National stadium said that the money has already been released to the General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Barrister Musa Amadu, who disbursed it to the players.

Showering encomium on the ladies that last weekend won the African Women Championship for the seventh times, the Minister said: “I want to thank you specially for enduring the challenges of playing without payment of your bonuses. You have shown your patriotism and did not even allow the crisis rocking the Nigerian football family to distract your preparations and performances on the field of play. You endured everything to make this country very proud.”

Amadu told Daily Sunsports that each player pocketed $18,000 (about N3 million) for participating in the Africa Women Championship (AWC).