Such is the desperate financial mess the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have been thrown into that the country’s biggest football brand, the Super Eagles, are yet to be paid bonuses for a staggering 19 matches.
This is by far the biggest backlog of outstanding bonuses to hit the Super Eagles.
Top sources told SCORENigeria that the new NFF leadership of Ibrahim Gusau has been locked in meetings with the Super Eagles senior players led by captain Ahmed Musa to resolve this cash crisis facing the national team.
The meetings are expected to ascertain the exact bonuses yet to be paid as well as those who are to benefit as well as time lines when these outstanding monies will be cleared.
The NFF have publicly admitted they are grappling with serious cash problems through an official statement that the Super Eagles assistant coaches are rotated as part of cost-cutting measures.
The NFF President Gusau has since gone on to vow before the Super Eagles he will not tell them lies especially on things he cannot do for them.
“Many big promises were made to these players by the past administration just to get their support and in the end these promises were never fulfilled,” a top official informed SCORENigeria
“They were simply lies to curry their favour and nothing more.”
