Courtney, younger sister to Super Eagles striker, Bright
Dike, rejected a $7,000-bonus from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
after featuring at the World Cup in Canada, where the Falconets
finished second to Germany.
Her reason for turning down the bonus
is that she is satisfied with the opportunity given to her to play for
Nigeria, which she considers bigger than monetary reward.
NFF's
head of competitions, Dr Sanusi Mohammed, revealed that the federation
is shocked at Courtney's refusal and the position of her family not to
collect the money.
" When we called her mother to confirm the
delivery of the allowances, she declined it and insisted the opportunity
to serve Nigeria was all the reward the family needed, adding she was
too young to earn that much,” said Mohammed.
Courtney played all
six matches for the Falconets including the 0-1 loss to Germany's
under-20 women in Montreal in the final of the Fifa Under-20 Women's
World Cup in August.
She scored two goals at the tournament
against Asian nations, South Korea and North Korea. Courtney also holds
the record of scoring the fastest goal at Fifa women's tournaments when
she netted in 18 seconds in Nigeria's 2-1 win over South Korea in the
group stage.
0 comments:
Post a Comment