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| Courtney Dike |
Let give a rousing applause for pretty Courtney
Dike, the Super Falconets striker who rejected the $7,000 her country paid
her for participating at the just concluded 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in
Canada.
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| Courtney on national colour |
For 19 year-old Oklahoma State Football team forward, $7,000 was a big
money but she value the national honour of representing her country more than
the quid. Her action has been
described as ‘rare and un-Nigerian’ in a fast morally decadence society.
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| Courtney Dike |
Dilichukwu
Onyedinma, head of the Nigeria Women League board, said the player deserves a
national award for her patriotic act. The Women’s league boss told Football
live, a programme on Brila FM, that what Dike did was worth emulating by other
players in the country.
Dilichukwu said: “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. Doing this with the backing of her parents, Courtney Dike should be applauded and perhaps celebrated.”
Dilichukwu said: “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. Doing this with the backing of her parents, Courtney Dike should be applauded and perhaps celebrated.”
Courtney, the younger
sister of Super Eagles forward Bright Dike, represented the country at the
competition where she scored the fastest goal in the tournament’s history.
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| With big brother, Bright |
She was born on 3 February
1995 to Vincent and Jacinta Dike. Apart from Bright, she has another brother, Daryl,
and two sisters, Kimberly and Brittny.
Words by FUNSHO AROGUNDADE
Photo Credits: Courtney's Facebook & Twitter
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