Nigeria
Football Federation, NFF, has come out to say that the football body is
cash-strapped and won’t be able to pay the newly crowned U-17 World
champions, the Golden Eaglets some of their bonuses.
General
Secretary of the NFF, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi lamented that the lean purse
of the football federation caused the unfortunate situation, adding
that, this prevented the NFF from paying the Eaglets and their coaches
winning bonuses of the semi final and the final matches of the FIFA U-17
World Cup Chile 2015 weeks after the end of the championship.
“The
bonuses for the semi final and final matches of the World Cup have not
been paid to the Eaglets. There is no money to pay these bonuses and we
can’t pay them for now.
“The problem is that we can’t pay the
money we don’t have. There was a rumour that we gave the players N20,000
each as winning bonus. Where can we get the money? It’s just a lie.
“As
soon as we get enough money we will pay all the players. They have done
this country proud by winning the U-17 World Cup and we must appreciate
them by paying any money due to them,” said the NFF scribe, Sanusi,
noting that NFF will pay more than the rumoured N20,000 once they have
the money.
The Emmanuel Amuneke-coached Golden Eaglets won a
record fifth FIFA U-17 World Cup for Nigeria at the Chile 2015
tournament early this month.
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