About 250 members of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, NFSC, will miss watching the match between Nigeria and France in Brasilia today as they had to leave Brazil yesterday for Nigeria due to paucity of funds.

According to some aggrieved members, the return ticket for most members of the club was for June 29 and others for July 1, but the leadership did not notify the affected until Saturday, even as their flight was billed for 12:40am yesterday.

Only 100 members of the club left Sao Paulo yesterday for Brasilia, about 16 hours drive by road.

A member, who gave her name as Uju, said: “We have enough funds. Most of us paid N300, 000. I paid N300, 000 as money charged. I spent N80, 000 as visa fee, but I was left in Nigeria and had to spend another N350, 000 to get to Brazil.

“President Goodluck Jonathan gave the club N50m and our major sponsors – Globacom, Guinness and even Alhaji Aliko Dangote.”

Another member of the club, who gave his name simply as Oba, said: “I paid N300, 000, but since I got to Brazil I have been feeding myself.

“I have also spent my pocket money for all the trips on the road to Curitiba, Cuiaba, Porto Alegre and back to Sao Paolo. How can the leaders arrange that we are leaving after the group stage? Were they pessimistic about the Super Eagles’ performance?”

Another member, who also gave her name simply as Titilayo, said: “Even though they had made such arrangements, now that the Super Eagles are in the Round of 16, the leaders are supposed to reschedule our flights by extending it. When we get home, the President- General and the national chairman must explain to us what they did with our money.”

A member from the Lagos State chapter of the club, however, noted that the crisis had resulted from what he called internal crisis in the club.

He alleged that a faction of the club had hoarded funds donated by some multi-national organisations.

But the President-General of the club, Dr. Rafiu Ladipo, who admitted the crisis, said: “Some members have to go for some of us to still stay to support the Super Eagles.”

http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/crisis-hits-super-eagles-supporters-club/

So even the FA don't expect us to go beyond the group stage, this country called niger area.

the girl named Titilayo said it all .

When will Nigeria do something right.. ANYTHING right (except steal of course, that's an A+).

no be only "Internal crisis"

Greed and corruption everywhere. Smh

Is this country cursed? Someone has stolen the money even though he's not corrupt #JustThinkingAloud

chai

indeed, There Was a Country!

Hmm...

Na wa o. Must we show our corruption everywhere and in everything?

shap shap, dey don chop d money clean mouth........ naija i hail ooo

This is very pathetic

Na Laugh: When will Nigeria do something right.. ANYTHING right (except steal of course, that's an A+).

no be only "Internal crisis"

Wait until somebody would call you Negro for asking the right question. It is sad we can't organize ourselves and activities. It is annoying! Jeez!

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God Have Mercy......

Na wa oooo. Our supporters club don start wit their own kokori. Y are our(NFF and NFSC) always doubting d National team
in evry international competition.

Corruption everywhere

Corruption every where. sick of this country

#waste of money...300,000...that is someone's capital to start a comfortable business

Is there any sincere Nigerian left??








The officials should have gone home so these people can stay and do the cheering...

Can imagine fat potbellied Dr. Rafiu Ladipo,.....

With 300k, you can get urself to brazil, support ur country and still come back when U soo desire to. Why go under the name of a Nonsense Supporters Club??

that is wat nigeria are good for, coruption.,

they should have foreseen this

See money abeg, any way make una no juz fall our hand 4 france side today oh.

nigerians with there problem.... They will always show themselv everywhere....

Abracadabra is in everything in Nigeria,the more you look,the less you see.

Nigeria is another name for corruption.

you are coming home after all,France 2 Nigeria. 0

Stealing is not corruption.

we ve survive many things, we ll survive this too, supporters or no supporters .. infact all the Africans supports you now.

When will corruption stop in this country. Both at home and in the international environment

Even our President says that stealing is not corruption, looting is not corruption also. But let all Nigerians remember that there is God oooo!