2023 Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has reacted to the reward to the Super Falcons following their WAFCON triumph in Morocco.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu rewarded the Super Falcons with national honours; $100,000 (naira equivalent for players), $50,000 (naira equivalent for coaching crew); and three bedroom flat each.
Sowore compared the $100,000 reward to the Super Falcons with the “$1,500 (₦2 million gratuity)” paid to retired Police Officers, and concluded, “life is brutally unfair to Nigeria Police Fore officers”.
In his reaction on X, Sowore said: “Life is brutally unfair to Nigeria Police Force @policeng officers!Super Falcons won WAFCON, trained for 1 year, played for 1 month, were rewarded with $100,000 (N150million) each and houses!
“Police officers protected them for decades, worked 35 years, retired with $1,500 (N2million as gratuity), no houses, no medicals, and a little pension!
“The President or the Governor who handed the awards? $1 BILLION in gratuity, lifetime pension, homes everywhere, full medicals!”
The Super Falcons of Nigeria accomplished #MissionX with a beautiful 3-2 comeback win over Morocco in the final of the Women’s Africa Cup Of Nations (WAFCON) on Saturday 26 July, 2025.
Nigeria is the most successful Women’s Football team in Africa with ten (10) WAFCON titles.
