The financial crisis in the Nigeria Football
Federation(NFF) has worsened as the federation is currently battling to raise
transport fare for the national women U-20 team, the Falconets to return to
their bases after crashing out of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New
Guinea.
The Falconets had earlier held the federation to
ransom, when they insisted that they cannot vacate their hotel rooms unless
they were paid all their bonuses and allowances. It was gathered that the NFF
had in a meeting yesterday with the players and officials of the team pleaded
to be given some time to raise the approved N20,000 transport fares for each of
the players to return to their clubs.
The NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, who was
at the meeting with another board member begged the players to give the
federation some time to raise the transport fare, stressing that the NFF has no
money to meet up with its responsibilities now. “We met with the NFF General
Secretary and a board member, and they pleaded with us to give them some time
to raise even the transport fare that we needed to return to our clubs. They
told us that we will not be evicted from the hotels as it was earlier threatened
but pleaded for our understanding as there is no money for the federation to
pay us our bonuses and allowances for now.
“However, we are still standing on our position that
they must pay us. We have been neglected by the federation, starting from the
preparations to the championship. Unlike other national teams, we were not well
kitted by the NFF. We played with only two top jerseys and one short. My
brother, our condition in the camp was not something to talk about. Still here
in Nigeria they cannot raise even the transport fare they said they will give
us. This is laughable; we are all tired of staying here to look at these
people. They cannot even raise money for our local transport, not to talk of
paying our allowances and bonuses”. One of the players said.
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