The Nigeria Football Federation has
withdrawn its team from the 2014
African Nations Championship qualifiers
due to financial constraints.
Nigeria were set to play Ivory Coast in
Calabar between 21-23 June, in the
tournament for locally-based players.
The NFF's Emeka Inyama announced that the
withdrawal was taken by the football
authority to cut costs.
"We have a lot of financial commitments and
we have to look at the competitions in order
of importance," he explained.
It means that Ivory Coast have qualified for
the finals to be held in South Africa next year
The reigning African champions have failed
to qualify for the tournament on two previous
occasions.
In another move aimed at slashing costs the
NFF has cut salaries and bonuses for their
players and coaches.
The federation's technical committee has
recommended that the Super Eagles' win
bonus of $10,000 be reviewed downwards
along with the salaries and allowances of the
various national team coaches, excluding
coach Stephen Keshi.
"We have talked about auditing of staff of the
national teams, especially backroom staff, as
well as pegging of bonuses and allowances,"
he told BBC Sport.
"We have a contract with coach Stephen
Keshi and must respect that, so he won't be
affected in any way.
"However, we are constrained to do this as a
result of our poor finances and we believe
that Nigerians understand we have to do this.
"It's very important for us in order to continue
to fulfill our obligation of presenting the
national teams for international competitions
and tournaments."
Officials have suggested that the win bonus
will now be pegged at $5,000.
The NFF are also planning a total restructure
of backroom staff, with several members set
to lose their jobs while they will appoint a
new technical director in the near future.
Former Super Eagles coach Shaibu Amodu is
being tipped to be appointed to the new post.
The Super Eagles have five coaches,
including three assistant coaches, and a total
of 17 backroom staff.

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Why will they be broke when Nigerian is ranked among the top 10 fastest growing economy? Where is all the money going to? Are we truly in a democratic era? We have the right to say no to certain decisions in this country. If we withdraw from the 2014 Nations cup qualifiers, it's a big shame to this country.

Why would they also appoint former Couch Shaibu Amodu as the New Technical director? If he was sacked for incompetence as a couch, will he do better as a technical adviser which is a more demanding Job? When will all this politics stop? Someone has to come to deal with this generation of current leaders we have in this country. They are full of corruption.

Let us rise and say no to some things in this Nation. If we don't, one day, they will come and tell us they are pulling out of world cup qualifiers.

The air we are breathing is not fresh at all. This government have disappointed the confidence reposed on them.