The Nigeria Football Federation presented 27
clauses before the out of contract Super Eagles
Coach Stephen Keshi in the new deal offered him
last week. New Telegraph exclusively scooped a
copy of the contract that is currently causing ripples
between the ‘Big Boss’ and the NFF and the
document revealed that Keshi’s major
remunerations have not changed.
Clause 6.1 stated clearly that the coach would take
home N5m as salary every month while Clause 6.2
stated that the coach would be entitled to twice the
amount of match bonus given to each player for
every match both competitive and friendly.
According to Clause 7.3, the ‘Big Boss’ will receive
N3m every year as accommodation money. Clause
8 is the most interesting because the NFF offered
the coach N500 for his annual transportation
expenses “The NFF shall pay the Head Coach the
sum of Five Hundred (N500,00.00) naira annually as
transportation allowance.”
Thought it is unclear whether the figure was an
error, the amount was also spelt out in words to
add to the confusion. In Clause 8.2, it was stated
that a business class ticket will be provided for the
coach for his official trips and when embarking on
holidays. Clause 8.4 also showed that the NFF would
always refund all expenses incurred by the coach
while on official assignments.
The NFF however gave Keshi a target of qualifying
Nigeria for the 2016 CHAN and at least the
semifinals of the 2017 Nations Cup finals. It was
also proposed in Clause 5.5 that the Eagles Head
Coach should be ready to work under the
supervision of the national technical director while
Clause 5.7 stated that the coach would have to offer
technical support to all the other national teams.
Already, Keshi has referred to the document as a
“slave contract” and has promised to open
discussions with the NFF when he returns from the
US. “My lawyer and my brother are studying the
contract for now and we are going to come out with
our position after meeting with the NFF,” Keshi said.
Chairman of the NFF technical committee, Felix
Anyansi- Agwu, said it was unfair to refer to the
contract as a “slave contract”
“When the time comes Nigerians will know the truth
but I am sure we are very fair to Keshi and we
expect him to respect the federation rather than
making unfair remarks despite our efforts,” he said.
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