Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh and coaches and players of other sports federations who are owed a backlog of salaries can now smile as President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the funds to pay them.
Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the delay in paying the salaries was caused by the transition to a new government in the country.
His words:
“The financial crisis that has affected the football federation has to do with the transition in government the country went through.
“You will agree with me that we could not even proceed with the organisation of the National Sports Festival, the National Youth Games which could not hold last year because of the transition. The transition also affected the funding of other federations which went a long way in affecting preparations for tournaments and qualifiers.
“The good news is that we have been able to secure the approval of Mr President for the release of funds to be able to pay some of those bonuses, salaries and other arrears owed the players and officials by the NFF and other sports federations.
“I can assure you that in no little time, we shall be able to overcome such kind of problems in almost all the federations. We have athletes currently camping in Port Harcourt facing the same challenge but as I said, it will soon be an issue of history. I appeal to them that it was not deliberate.”
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