From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the national female basketball team, D’Tigress, on winning the 2017 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket tournament in Mali and qualifying for the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Spain.
This was even as he assured the team, its managers and the Nigeria Basketball Federation of his support and that of the Federal Government to ensure that they excel against other top competitors in Spain.
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement quoted Buhari as describing the team’s victory over their Senegalese counterpart in the final of the 2017 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket tournament on Sunday, as heroic.
He commended the players for displaying uncommon strength, confidence, skill and dexterity in their victory over the defending champions.
The President urged members of the team and their handlers to remain focused and dedicated even as they prepare for greater glory to Nigeria at the forthcoming FIBA World Cup.