The Flamingos Senate N100m reward is now official. Nigeria’s Under-17 women’s national team will receive ₦100 million from the National Assembly after their historic FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup triumph in Morocco, with Senate President Godswill Akpabio announcing the donation during plenary on Tuesday.
The announcement came as the Senate debated a motion congratulating the young champions, moved by Senator Abdul Ningi, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports. Lawmakers adopted the motion unanimously, praising a team that beat Japan 2-1 in Saturday’s final in Rabat to become the first African nation ever to win the tournament.
Flamingos Senate N100m: What the Senate announced on Tuesday
Akpabio told the chamber that the National Assembly would make the money available immediately. “From the National Assembly, even if we don’t have anything to give these children, we will make a token of ONE HUNDRED MILLION NAIRA to them immediately,” he said, drawing applause from lawmakers.
The motion also congratulated President Bola Tinubu for his support of sports development, the Flamingos themselves, and the National Sports Commission and its chairman, Shehu Dikko. Ningi, who moved the motion, raised concerns that the players had received limited recognition before and after the competition, despite delivering the biggest title in the history of Nigerian women’s football.
But the Senate did not stop at its own donation. Akpabio called on the Federal Government to reward the players at the same level given to the Super Eagles for their Africa Cup of Nations triumph, and urged wealthy Nigerians, businesspeople and philanthropists to support the team financially.
Akpabio: the Flamingos deserve Super Eagles-level honours
The call for equal treatment carries weight because of what this team achieved. The Flamingos did not just win a tournament — they broke new ground for the continent. Nigeria is now the first African country to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup in both the men’s and women’s categories, after the Golden Eaglets’ five titles at boys’ level.
Their run in Morocco was built on a team that had already swept the 2026 WAFU-B Under-17 Girls Cup in Côte d’Ivoire, winning all five matches, scoring 17 goals and conceding just once. In Rabat they went one better, beating Brazil and Japan on their way to the title, with Queen Josephine Bashiru and Golden Ball winner Oluebube Umejiaku scoring in the final.
The Senate’s intervention also answers a question that has followed the team since Saturday: what exactly do world champions take home? FIFA does not award a cash prize to the winner of the U-17 Women’s World Cup, so every naira the players receive comes from Nigerian support rather than a tournament purse.
What the Flamingos have earned so far
The Senate’s ₦100 million is the second major reward announced for the squad in three days. A private donor, Alhaji Saleh Ahmadu, a sponsor of the National Sports Commission, presented the team and officials with $50,000 at a reception in Rabat after the final, before the players flew home to a heroes’ welcome in Abuja on Monday.
How the Senate money will be shared has not been made public. No breakdown has been given for how much each player will personally receive, and the value of the players’ outstanding campaign bonuses has also not been confirmed. What is clear is that the Senate donation and the private gift are separate, and that the players’ bonuses are a third, still-unresolved item.
For now, the champions have a title, a Golden Ball, a heroes’ welcome and two announced rewards — and a Senate demanding that the Federal Government go further. The Flamingos made history in Rabat. The question now is whether the recognition they receive at home matches it.
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