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Super Falcons Protest Unpaid Bonuses At WWC, Refuse To Leave Hotel In France
https://www.nairaland.com/5260668/super-falcons-protest-unpaid-bonuses

NFF: We are not owing Super Falcons

The Nigeria Football Federation has flatly denied owing players and officials of the senior women national team, Super Falcons any money, in the wake of reports earlier on Sunday that the Falcons were refusing to leave their hotel at the World Cup in France over pay dispute with the Federation. 


“We have paid the players and officials the entitlements due them for the tournament and other outstanding bonuses and allowances were settled before the team arrived at the World Cup finals,” Shehu Dikko, NFF 2nd Vice President, toldthenff.com. 

The Federation went further to clarify in detail as follows:

The monies for the Super Falcons’ preparation and participation at the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in France (and indeed the Super Eagles’ preparation and participation in the AFCON 2019in Egypt) were recently approved by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR). But the release of the funds is still being processing by the Federal Ministry of Finance and will be concluded soonest.

Inspite of the delay in release of funds, the NFF made huge sacrifices including borrowing to ensure it gave the Falcons the very best of preparation for the World Cup in France with about 15 test games, with camps/games held in China, Cyprus, Spain, CIV, and Austria (a fact that even the team duly appreciated and agreed it was the best-ever for any Nigerian team going to the Women’s World Cup and even wrote to thank the NFF).


The NFF is indeed encouraged by results achieved by the Super Falcons in France, being the first time the team qualified to the knockout rounds in the last 20 years with credible performance against some of the world’s best teams.

The NFF duly ensured it addressed all the issues raised by the team captain Desire Oparanozie via an email prior to the team resuming in camp in Austria and used it best efforts, to settle all the players’ claims and bonuses to so as to provide an enabling platform for the players to perform without any distractions in France for the World Cup.


To this end, payments made to the players at the pre-World Cup camp in Austria and France (World Cup proper) are set out below:

a) 2016 Women Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier: Nigeria Vs Senegal (Home Match) played in Abuja – Win bonus of N500,000 paid to each player. 

b) 2018 Women Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier: Nigeria Vs Gambia (Home Match) played in Lagos – Win bonus of N500,000 paid to each player. 


c) Camp and Friendly matches played in Spain – 7 days’ daily allowance of $700 paid to each player. 


c) WAFU Cup Tournament (staged in Cote d’Ivoire): Allowance of $500 paid to each player. 


d) Pre-World Cup camp in Austria: 14 days’ daily allowance $1,400 paid to each player. 


e) Refund made to players on visa procurement, train, bus and airport taxi from their different bases in Europe to the camp in Austria. 


f) $4,400 paid to each player, being win bonus for the World Cup match against Korea Republic ($3,000) and 14 days’ daily allowance for the World Cup ($1,400).


This was paid direct to each of the players’ domiciliary accounts by NFF fund managers, Financial Derivatives Company and by Friday most of the players had started receiving alerts depending on their banks.

Therefore, based on the foregoing facts, as at the time the Super Falcons set out to play Germany on Saturday 22nd June, the NFF had in spite of the challenges, ensured it met all its obligations to the players.

After the team’s exit from the tournament due to defeat by Germany, the only money the NFF has to pay the players is the extra 5 days’ daily allowance of $500 to each player for the days spent from the end of group stage to the day they played Germany in Grenoble. Daily allowance is usually paid only when the days are known, as we could have defeated Germany and thus stayed more days in the tournament. Accordingly, these payments will be resolved within the next business days upon return of the team to Nigeria.


After the loss to Germany, the players raised the issue of their share of the prize money expected from FIFA. For qualifying to the Round of 16, the NFF is entitled to receive $1million from FIFA (being $750k qualification bonus and $250k for exiting at Round of 16.) The NFF duly reconfirmed to the team that they would be entitled to get 30% share of the fund from FIFA just like the men’s teams get (Super Eagles for World Cup/AFCON and Eagles B for CHAN) and were informed that these funds would only be available to NFF post-World Cup. The issue of sharing formula with the team was as clarified and the matter was closed.

Amazingly, the players later came to inform the NFF officials with the team that they heard that Cameroon and England teams have already been paid their share of participation fees by their Federations, and thus demand NFF paid them.

They were informed that, if indeed Cameroon and England paid their players it was certainly not from FIFA money but other sources and there are 22 other countries that have not paid as well. The NFF further reminded the players that, during the AWCON 2018 in Ghana the NFF decided to double their match bonuses as a motivation for them to win the trophy and other countries didn’t use that as benchmark to demand the same from their Federations.The entire issue was conclusively resolved throughout the night and the team duly left their hotel by morning enroute to Nigeria or to different holiday destinations.

In truth, the NFF is very much bewildered as to why the Super Falcons chose to embark on this route. His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari took time out of his busy schedule on Saturday to call the team prior to the match against Germany to wish them luck and assure them of Government support at all times. It is our view that whatever issues they had, they should have respected the President as a person and Nigeria as an entity and resolve to have their issues, if any, settled back home.

http://www.thenff.com/2019/06/nff-we-are-not-owing-super-falcons/

Then why are they making their hand like that in that picture if you're not owing them?
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If you're still trying to make sense of what I wrote up there like me check my signature

Hmm

make una come house no money.

Ok

Super falcons should complaining, their mates are in the quarter final making their country proud. No bonuses for failures.

Um

Who should we believe......?

But some bodies in the country has history of incredulous lies

Dear Falcons, we would reason with you if you had performed well. You went to world cup, lost 3 matches, won one. Despite looking more manly than your opponents. If you stay extra days in that hotel, you will be ejected out and forcefully deported.

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Iok

It's ok

In this country, when you read a news saying yes, don't rush into conclusion. Just be expecting another news that will say no leaving everybody confused

Just Say U Have Paid !!!

NFF are there promising men football some thousand dollars and you are here complaining

Upon all the old mama's wey una carry na one game you manage win
Your mates are there in the quarters
*spit*

Sureodd33:
See below

A persistent devil .

Ok

Thanks for setting the records straight.

Deport them ashap

it's true that Fifa pay to a country football federation 3 months after a tournament.... so why are these girls fooling themselves.

111sunshine:
I don't believe you guys... Pay these ladies...

As far it Nigeria nobody believe dem o.

Haha!

I believe the NFF. The girls have been paid and are only being owed the last few days allowance. Also, it's well known that FIFA does not pay prize money until a few days after the end of the tournament.



The girls were just over reacting based on previous occurrences.

That said, the falcons should be ashamed of themselves for what is yet another woeful performance at the world stage. They luckily qualified for the second round, one more goal by Chile and they would have been bundled home early.

FiringSquad:
Don't expect us to believe you with your age long reputation of not paying players. If they said you didn't pay them, then you didn't.

The problem of mistrust! NFF needs to be a lot more transparent in its dealings so as to build a better reputation for itself going forward. I trust them but who am I in the grand scheme of things?