Chairman of Honey Badgers FC, Abdul Sule has motivated his girls with the sum of Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) to as commendation gift for their impressive performances at the just concluded Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL Championship playoffs held in Ikenne.
The Makurdi based girls finished joint third in Group B to where Lakeside Queens picked the sole ticket to the top flight.
Abdul Sule who commended the girls for their excellent display and show of discipline through the tournament noted that the gesture was to motivate the team and also reassured them of the management's commitment to help them achieve greatness as footballers and in life.
"This is to let them know we are happy with their great performance despite not winning but the performance was massive and unbelievable.
"We already exodus of eight players moving to the biggest club in the premier league as a result of your wonderful performance in Ikenne.
"It's necessary to encourage the players as they are young and all is not about we must win but of course if we have the opportunity we will do that, our club is established to groom talents and give them opportunities to become greats, said the former Super Eagles' utility player.
The former Chairman of Kogi United and Confluence Queens added that through collaborative efforts of the President of Ratels Sports Development Foundation, Barrister Paul Edeh, players of the club have been given hope and assured future after football and will continue to create a career paths for them to become something special in life.
"I am working round the clock with Barrister Paul Edeh by bringing a lot of joy to the players, we pay for the players' school and of recent send some of them abroad to play football and at the same time learn new things and good education, so after their career they can fall back to something good to do."
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