Members of the female football national team, the Super
Falcons, have stormed the National Assembly, protesting the non-payment of
their allowances by the Nigerian Football Federation.
The team won the 10th edition of the African Women
championship just held in Cameroon.
It was the 8th time Nigeria won the competition.
But, the victorious team members have been held up in a
hotel in Abuja, many days after they returned to the country with the trophy,
owing to non-payment of their entitlements.
They protest daily on the streets of Abuja and have vowed
never to leave the hotel until their allowances were paid.
Professional footballers beg NFF to pay Falcons
The ladies are hoping that President Muhammadu Buhari, who
is due to visit the National Assembly today to present the estimates of the
2017 budget to lawmakers, will see them and show pity on their plight.
Some of their placards read, “We are your children, pity
us”; “Let us respect women”; “female football deserves respect.”
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