Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has rewarded players of Bayelsa Queens Football Club for their performance at the 2022 Confederation of African Football Women’s Championship League (CAFWCL) in Rabat, Morocco.
On Wednesday at the Government House in Yenagoa, Diri said 21 of the first team players would receive one million naira each while the 14 reserve players would get five hundred thousand each.
The technical adviser got N1.1 million, assistant coaches N500,000 each, support staff N300,000 each and all the board members would get N1.5 million.
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Diri directed the release of the monies to the team before the end of November.
He also made a personal donation of four thousand dollars to the team in fulfilment of his promise at the quarter-final stage of the competition.
He said:
“Your government has decided to reward you for your outstanding performance in the CAF women’s champions league.
“All the 21 players in the first team that participated in the competition will get N1 million each. I direct that these monies be released between now and the end of November.”
He congratulated the team for being the first team to take Nigeria to the semi-final of the competition.
Diri assured that the medical bills of an injured player would be insured by the government.
The governor said that their performance had made the state and the country proud and justified the resources spent on them for the competition.
He said:
“You have proven that Nigeria is indeed a football country and that we are not a pushover when it comes to football in Africa and indeed the world.
“The image of the state is largely being imprinted in female football in Nigeria, West Africa and in Africa at large.
“You have made the state and country proud by bringing home the bronze medal.”
He thanked Premium Trust Bank for supporting the team with a donation of fifty million Naira and the provision of jerseys.
Diri hence urged the private sector to emulate the gesture towards supporting sports development in the state.
He said:
“I like to call on the private sector to come in to support sports development and in particular the game of football in the state team.”
The governor charged the Commissioner for Youths and Sports, immediately commence preparations for the next CAF competition towards winning the gold trophy.
