Why We’re Yet To Pay Super Falcons After Women’s Nations Cup Victory – NFF Opens Up
The Nigeria Football Federation has opened up on the reason why it is yet to pay players and officials of the Super Falcons all their entitlements for winning the Women Africa Cup of Nations.
While speaking with the victorious players of the senior women national team, Super Falcons and officials at the Agura Hotel in Abuja on Tuesday, the General Secretary of the Nigeria Football (NFF), Mohammed Sanusi, disclosed that the Federation was not happy owing players and coaches as he blamed the present severe economic challenges.
NFF General Secretary, who met pledged to pay players and officials of all their entitlements for winning the Women Africa Cup of Nations the eighth time, saying the money was not readily available at the moment.
“There is no gainsaying that there is severe economic challenges and all organizations, whether government or private, are feeling the pinch. It is not Government’s doing; it is not anybody’s doing. We know we have financial commitment to you (players and officials of Super Falcons) and we have not at anytime stated otherwise. But the money is not readily available at the moment.
“I have come to appeal to you, to understand the situation of the Federation, to understand the situation of the country at the present and exercise patience. We will pay you all monies you are being owed as soon as we receive same from the Government, just as we paid the U17 boys who won the FIFA U17 World Cup in Chile last year, after the tournament. And just as we sorted out Coach Samson Siasia’s wages as soon as we had the funds, after the Olympics,” he said.
According to Premium Times, Sanusi also recalled that the Super Eagles were owed monies for the match against Tanzania and were paid when funds for that match was made available by government.
“As I speak with you, we are still owing the Super Eagles for the matches against Zambia and Algeria, but the memos have gone to government and are being looked at.
“We must commend the Hon. Minister (Solomon Dalung). He has been energetically pushing the cases of the various National Teams. We did the memo for the Women Africa Cup of Nations in October and it is being processed as we speak,” he said.
He said the NFF had embarked on an aggressive drive to find a permanent solution to the issue of owing players and coaches. “We are also working to get monies outstanding from former sponsors of the National Teams, to complement what we are expecting from Government.
“In relation to all these, we are in the process of sorting out our TSA domiciliary accounts so that we can receive our due grants from FIFA and CAF, including the $80,000 prize money from the AWCON, once it is available,” he said.
The NFF scribe also appealed to media representatives to understand the plight of the Federation, and temper their write–ups with some understanding.
“This morning, I was reading a report that the Federation is yet to pay the Super Falcons one kobo. That is not correct. While the team was in Cameroon, the NFF sourced for money from one of our sponsors and paid the players N500,000 each, and also paid the technical crew and backroom staff.
“Our friends in the media should make effort to clarify whatever information they have before going to press.”
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