The Nigeria Football Federation President says it will use the $60,000 grant recently received from the Confederation of African Football to clear the unpaid salaries of the national Under-23 team coach Samson Siasia and his assistants,
Before the Olympics in Rio, Siasia told the media he has not received his salary for five months.
It has also been reported that the former Super Eagles coach threatened to quit his post after the team’s win over Sweden in Manaus on Monday and had to be begged by his players led by Chelsea star Mikel Obi to rescind this decision.
“I have directed the secretariat that the $60,000 we received from CAF be used immediately to pay the U23 team coaches,” the outlet quoted the NFF President Amaju Pinnick as saying on Tuesday. “ We are in the process of paying them.”
The NFF boss admitted the federation is “financially challenged”.
He said the past NFF administration led by Aminu Maigari left his board with “an obscene amount of debts.”
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