Why NFF can't pay coaches by Yahaya-Kwande

The Chris Giwa faction of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF is responsible for the nonpayment of the salaries of coaches working under the federation.

Media and Publicity Committee Chairman of the NFF, Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande, said in a statement he issued on Sunday that the Federation's bankers stopped the salaries of the coaches following a letter from the Giwa faction claiming that it had no right to order the payment of coaches.

“The truth, which the Honourable Minister himself explained to the media in Abuja a couple of weeks ago, is that the money the NFF gets from government does not include coaches’ salaries. The NFF pays the coaches from money received from sponsorship, which was not designed by the current NFF Board; it is a practice we met on ground.

“We have the money to pay the coaches. The NFF sent the mandates to the banks to pay the coaches about two weeks ago, but the Giwa group wrote to the banks to say they had a court order, which in itself is criminal and untenable. There is NO court order telling Giwa he is president of NFF; it is very important to make that clarification. We have called on the Honourable Minister to call these fellows to order, but we are resolving the matter with the banks so that the coaches can get their salaries,” he said.