Football
The Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) has denied a report on an African football website that it
shortchanged players of the Super Eagles with regards to payment of their win
bonus for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Algeria in Uyo in
November 2016.
Eagles’ Team Administrator
Dayo Enebi Achor confirmed: “report is a fabrication. The estimate we sent to
the government was for the sum of N1million for each player for a win. Nobody
has been shortchanged.
“Sometimes in March this
year, the NFF held a meeting with some technical crew members, team captain and
vice captain, on behalf of the team, and told them to open bank accounts (in
Nigeria) as the Federation was no longer disposed to paying cash. It was also
at that meeting that the NFF told them they would no longer be paid in dollars
for home matches, and that the win bonus for home match was a flat rate of
N1million. The meeting took place at the team’s hotel in Kaduna and I was
present at the meeting.
“It was based on this that
the players were paid the sum of N500,000 each for the draw against Egypt in
Kaduna (2017 Cup of Nations qualifier, March 2016) and the sum of N1million
each for the win against Tanzania in Uyo (2017 Cup of Nations qualifier,
September 2016). Their camp allowance has also been paid in naira (N50,000 per
day) since March 2016.”
Achor also confirmed that
for away matches, the players are entitled to the sum of $5,000 at the official
rate obtaining at the time of match.
“The NFF has not
shortchanged the players. The match against Algeria was a home match. Whenever
the win bonus for the match against Zambia in Ndola is being paid, it would be
$5,000 per player at the official rate that obtained at the time the match was
played.”
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