NFF: Nobody shortchanged Super Eagles

By Sampson Adedeji

The Nigeria Football Federation 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 to thenff.com: “That 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 theplayers. 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.”