Super Eagles training boycott on Thursday has paid off
for the players as the Federal Government
immediately sent down $3,850, 000m (three million,
eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars) to the
players in Brazil.
The Minister of Sports Dr. Tamuno Danagogo, is
expected to arrive in Brasilia just in time before
Nigeria face France in a second round game.
It was confirmed from a sports ministry
official that President Goodluck Jonathan approved the
payment after speaking with Nigeria coach Stephen
Keshi and team captain Joseph Yobo via the telephone
late on Thursday. He said that Danagogo was already
confirmed to arrive in Brazil aboard a Sunday flight
from Lagos.
He said, “I am aware that he already has received all
the necessary papers to carry such amount of cash
and the protocol team is set to receive him at the
airport on Sunday. The players will receive the money
on arrival or first thing on Monday before the match.”
Our correspondent also learnt that the money is $
250,000 above what the Nigeria Football Federation
had calculated and agreed with the players. The NFF
had said they would pay them as soon as FIFA paid
them. The money is usually paid to countries four
months after the World Cup.
The Eagles had met with the NFF in their US camp,
pressing for the money. It was learnt that goalkeepers
Vincent Enyeama and Austin Ejide and Chelsea
midfielder Mikel Obi have been at the forefront of the
fight for the cash the players called appearance fees.
It was the same players that led the strike on
Thursday which forced the entire team to miss the
training session on Thursday and Friday morning at
their base in Campinas.
The Senate President David Mark had mediated when
he visited Brazil and had assured the players he would
raise the matter with President Jonathan. But team
captain, Joseph Yobo, insisted the players got the
money before the opening game against Iran.
It was confirmed that the Federal
Government took the decision to bring the money to
Brazil without the knowledge of the NFF.
The scene iN Brazil is playing out like that of France
’98, where the Eagles held nearly an all night meeting
with the Federation on advance payment before theIR
second round match against Denmark, which they
eventually lost by 4-1.
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they should focus on the game and not on bonus payments. This is the reason cameroon and Ghana were knock out of the world cup

FLY THAT CASH LIKE THOSE GHANAIAN MODEFUCKAS