Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, has come out to defend the national honours and financial rewards given by President Bola Tinubu to Nigeria’s Super Falcons following their victory at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
He recently slammed critics who are saying the rewards were either excessive or insufficient.
Reacting via his official X (formerly Twitter) account, Bayo Onanuga drew a comparison with the ₦150 million grand prize offered to the winner of the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality show.
According to him, he wonders why Nigerians are unappreciative of the president’s rewards to the WAFCON winners, considering the fact that many of them have nothing against rewarding a BBNaija winner with such an amount.
He stated that Tinubu simply rewarded excellence and hard work, and the money gifted out was well-deserved.
“When you remember that Multichoice, the organiser of the BBNaija reality show, is offering the winner ₦150 million grand prize, you wonder why some Nigerians are unappreciative of President Tinubu’s rewards to the Super Falcons.
President Tinubu has rewarded excellence, creativity, hard work, soccer artistry, and the undying Nigerian spirit,” he wrote.
Onanuga’s comparison between the Super Falcons’ rewards and BBNaija’s prize money has attracted different reactions on social media, with Nigerians airing their supportive and opposing views online.
