The sports ministry has refused to yield to pressure from the Nigeria Football Federation to help sort the payment of the Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr his three month’s salary out.

Rohr, who was heavily linked with the vacant Guinea job before he was snapped up by the NFF in August last year, has won the country’s three competitive matches since his employment.



NFF had promised that they would have no problems paying the national coach his entitlements because they had firms who had agreed to support them financially.

But the football federation have been struggling to pay the German manager after the anonymous sponsors pulled out of their deal with them over the leadership crisis that rocked the body last year.

Our correspondent learnt that the NFF approached the sports minister Solomon Dalung recently to help save the country from the embarrassment of not being able to pay Rohr.

But the ministry is reportedly owing a number of national coaches and the minister allegedly rebuffed the plea to help resolve Rohr’s salary issue.

It was learnt that Dalung reminded the NFF leadership that he told them before Rohr’s employment that the ministry was against the idea because of its financial implications.

The minister is said to be still unhappy with development.

It was learnt that the NFF had been unable to secure sponsorship to fund Rohr’s salary as the companies they approached baulked at the idea, citing the current economic recession in the country.

Meanwhile, the officials of the football house, which is in dire financial distress, have therefore intensified their search for sponsors to pay the former Niger coach before he starts complaining, according to our source.

Dalung’s Media Adviser Nneka Anibeze told our correspondent that the ministry was not in a position to help the NFF because of its own financial challenges.

She denied that the minister had abandoned the NFF to their fate, promising that the minister would intervene when funds are available to the ministry.

“The NFF should not be having problems paying the coach because they told the minister that they had secured sponsorship for his salary,” Anibeze told our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday.

“Those saying that the minister has abandoned the NFF are not being fair on him (Dalung) because he told them that the ministry won’t be able to pay a foreign coach.”

http://punchng.com/rohr-salary-crisis-deepens-as-ministry-abandons-nff/

;DLol naija government sha

I find it hard to understand some things...

If Nigeria needs a foreign coach to train our players in order to perform well in our matches, then I will advise that Nigeria needs the following for rapid development.

Foreign president
Foreign vice president
Foreign ministers
Foreign governors
Foreign senators
Foreign judges
Foreign lecturers
Foreign military chiefs
Foreign police heads
Foreign head of MDAs
Foreign LG Chairman e.t.c

Something is wrong somewhere with us. Common salary we no fit pay

Make we do appeal for Palee Rohr or better still make we reach obodo EFCC the new money machine for help, Lalasticlala and Seun wetin una think?

I don tire for this country mehn.





ote author=ogododo post=55524682]Something is wrong somewhere with us. Common salary we no fit pay[/quote]

abeg i wan run from naija

Buhari please step down oooo

The want to frustrate this man

Same old story year in year out!!!

Bunch of corrupt football administrators.
Hope this will not have negative effect on our Russia 2018 campaign.

To all Nigerian politicians.....

.

how much

NFF is so incompetent!

last Last dem go blame JONA

Welcome to my country

Is the Federal Government owing salaries of Ministers including that of Dalung?

Football is the only thing that brings unity in the country. If FG allow football to suffer, it shows our unity isn't important and the government is a joke.

Way forward, kill decree 101, government should not run football and NFA be run like a private entity. Until then, there is no ending to this madness.

God please come and take over these country .... Everything is just wrong with this nation ...those that only gave peace of mind are those following Christ.... Everything upside down ...nff cant use foresight and be proactive in issues like this ...other nation will b mocking this nation ... God have mercy

Why always NFF?
One thing ive come to understand is an average Nigerian government owned or controlled institution cannot think for itself or be creative enough to run itself , we can see that in our Universities, government owned institutions,
If NFF was smart enough they should know that there are million and one ways to make Money.
1. NFF can run a national competition yearly where every state government will pay to participate, companies will sponsor , SMEs will buy stands to display their products or services , each team will have sponsors ,
2. NFF will have partners in the following areas , Super eagles partner , flying eagles partner , official partner of the team , women partner etc
3. NFF should have a radio station co owned with a private agency where they can run football and sports related activities across the nation, note adverts won't be free
4. NFF should have a list of footballers in Nigeria as a body and they will pay small small monthly fees
The lists goes on but they just prefer to be lazy

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God please come and take over these country .... Everything is just wrong with this nation ...those that only have peace of mind are those following Christ.... Everything upside down ...nff cant use foresight and be proactive in issues like this ...other nation will b mocking this nation ... God have mercy

This why I still believe that efcc is not recovery any money

despite all recovery nd discovery yet no money to fund common budgets


Why can't we suspend the payment of our legistlooters nd pay this coach who is really doing a great job

Lol. . Nigeria is a very useless country. .

We can't even pay our employee??

Where did we go wrong??

What fvcking went wrong?

Same ol' same ol'

When will we ever get it right as a nation. #spits

GET ADMITTED INTO 200 LEVEL IN ANY NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY

Nigeria e....but they carry Paris club money to enriched governors n keep their percentage

I expected this.

maxiuc:
This why I still believe that efcc is not recovery any money

despite all recovery nd discovery yet no money to fund com

Why can't we suspend the payment of our legistlooters nd pay this coach who is really doing a great job

The recovered loots are exhibits that cannot be tampered with as of now...There are litigations on them, as such the government cannot spend them

He would just quit... he is not like Siasia, Oliseh or Keshi that they can owe for months.

Joke of a country..

Sometimes am like; why can't we hire foreign president just like we do hire foreign coaches and see if things will get better..

Rohr should sue them already
These petty thiefs, look how the are running up n down to pay him, if he was a Nigerian,they would have even insulted him

Sue those bastards already dalmn it

First of all, make public these companies that pulled out of the initial agreement to support the funding of this guy. This will make sport lovers in the country recommend other viable companies who can probably support this social responsibility.

I have always said that a lot of greedy companies in this country are not living up to their social responsibilities. With all the heavy cash revenues these companies accrue from this nation, football development and maintenance should not be a big issue for us at all. If this information is true, then I must say Nigeria does not deserve this mess!