The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF disclosed on a television program in Abuja on Friday that match bonuses for all the national male and female junior teams, including the victorious U-17 side which recently won the FIFA World U-17 championship for a record fifth time.
President of the NFF, Mr Amaju Pinnick said on the program that the Federation's meagre finances resulting from the nation's dwindling income has made it impossible to continue to pay bonuses to players and officials of the junior teams.
Other teams affected by the cancelation are the female U-17 team and the U-13 and U-15 teams, male and female.
“The players of these national teams will no longer be entitled to match bonuses, because of lack of funds caused by the economic downturn in the country.
“Funding has been very, very difficult to come by for the Federation. .
.“The bonuses for the semi-final and final matches of the World Cup have not been paid to the Eaglets. There is no money to pay these bonuses and we can’t pay them for now, because we do not have the money. There was a rumour that we gave the players N20,000 each as winning bonus. Where did we get the money from? It’s all lies. As soon as we get enough money, we will pay all the players.
“They did this country proud by winning the U-17 World Cup and we must appreciate them by paying any bonuses due to them,” said the NFF boss.
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