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Courtney Dike in jersey 17 (L) and 8 (R) in action for club and country
(Photo credits: dallassoccernews.com and football.af)
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State Football team forward Courtney Dike has rejected the US$7000 paid to her
by the Nigeria Football Federation for participating at 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s
World Cup in Canada saying the honour of playing for the country was enough
reward for her.
The
19-year-old represented the country at the competition where she scored the fastest goal in
the tournament’s history.
NFF
Head of Competition Sanusi Mohammed told Sports Radio, Brila FM, that the
player rejected the outstanding allowances accrued to her for representing the
country at the 10-day tournament.
Sanusi
told Brila FM, “When we called her mother to confirm the delivery of the
allowances, she declined it and insisted that the opportunity of playing for
Nigeria was all the reward the family needed.”
The head of the Nigeria Women League board Dilichukwu Onyedinma has said the
player deserves a national award for her patriotic act. She told Football live, a programme on Brila FM, that what Dike
did was worth emulating by other players in the country.
“She is a star and patriotic Nigerian who put service to
her fatherland above money. The minister is aware and we will push the act
before the NFF so it can inspire many others.”
The Women’s
league boss, “Doing this with
the backing of her parents, Courtney Dike should be applauded and perhaps
celebrated.
Courtney Dike is the younger sister of Super Eagles forward Bright Dike.
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