The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has admitted it is
“broke” as their standoff with the women’s national team over outstanding
monies continues.
The football house says it could only disburse the funds if
they get additional payments from FIFA.
This was revealed by a former media officer of the Super
Eagles, Colin Udoh, via his Twitter feed.
According to him, the NFF has already written to the federal
government asking for funds to be approved.
Udoh wrote: “Late last week, I had a chat with NFF president
@IbrahimMusaGus1. Among the many questions I asked him was the Super Falcons’
outstanding payments.
“He told me the NFF is flat broke, but would pay them from
the federation share of the FIFA World Cup funds. He also mentioned that they
had requested for funds from the FG, which had been approved, but had not been
disbursed yet.
“Btw, anyone who has dealt with the Nigerian govt (state or
FG) will know the term “approval is not the same as release”.
“I also spoke with another senior NFF official today after
seeing the @FIFPRO statement. And he told me that their involvement changes
nothing.
“The players would get paid their outstanding once either of
those two monies come in first.
“He explained that the NFF had not received any funding
since and their last payment from FIFA was used to settle part of the national
teams’ coaches wages (Peseiro and Waldrum). And that the FIFA funds had already
been earmarked for paying the players outstandings.”
Randy Waldrum and his ladies have been at odds with the NFF
over unpaid salaries and bonuses.
This led to the global players’ union, FIFPRO, releasing a
statement on Tuesday in solidarity. The body noted that “it is regrettable that
players needed to challenge their own federation at such an important time.”
A THREAD ON @FIFPRO x @NGSuper_Falcons x @thenff
Late last week, I had a chat with NFF president @IbrahimMusaGus1. Among the many questions I asked him was the Super Falcons outstanding payments.
He told me the NFF is flat broke, but would pay them from the federation share…— Colin NOT Collins 🇳🇬🇺🇸 (@ColinUdoh) August 8, 2023
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