₦airaland Forum

oalandAgents2:
Painubu needs to use their bonus for his 2027 election bid😏

CodeTemplarr:
Lol. Needless row indeed.
Since the days of Oliseh n Keshi as players, the poor beggarly NFA/NFF/Journalists/Supporters club bigwigs have been eating from the players and causing dissent within the squad and first eleven.
The average Nigerian is a beggar and scavenger rolled in one.
FIFA too is part of it. If not for their insistence on NFF independence from govt influence, this thing will be solved with federal payroll app.

ravensckar:
What were you expecting before? We've come to adopt FAILURE as a way of life in this country.

Even in schools, children no longer repeat when they fail. Politicians still get voted in for second term even if they fail in their first term.

You see this country? It's rotten to the core!

fergie001:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/01/08/another-needless-super-eagles-bonus-row-threatens-to-erupt-today/

Players bonuses approved, disbursement underway - Sports Commission


https://nairametrics.com/2026/01/08/cbn-finance-ministry-working-to-disburse-super-eagles-afcon-bonuses-nsc/

DeltaBachelor:
This government will never learn. Pay them what you owe them na

ravensckar:
What were you expecting before? We've come to adopt FAILURE as a way of life in this country.

Even in schools, children no longer repeat when they fail. Politicians still get voted in for second term even if they fail in their first term.

You see this country? It's rotten to the core!

southsouthking:
Needless excuses?
Clowns in charge of the federation.

Chibuzoc:
The team’s secretary informed the players and asked if they will want the monies paid directly into their Naira account as this monies were paid in the Nigeria currency but the players insisted that they want the money paid in dollars. This was what brought the Central Bank into the picture,” he noted.

Arutan:
This is what most of us do to destroy the country. Why insist on receiving bonuses in USD and you claim to be serving your country? After missing out on the world cup qualification ticket, why should the country pay you now in USD? Allowances are paid in USD while bonuses should be paid in Naira. Infact, such bonuses should be paid in local currency and be advised to be invested in Nigeria. You are on a patriotic duty, you should maintain this across board. Even some of our foreign missions are being paid in Naira.

Chibuzoc:
The team’s secretary informed the players and asked if they will want the monies paid directly into their Naira account as this monies were paid in the Nigeria currency but the players insisted that they want the money paid in dollars. This was what brought the Central Bank into the picture,” he noted.

nairalanda1:
From the article, issue happens to be 'what currency they pay them in'

fergie001:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/01/08/another-needless-super-eagles-bonus-row-threatens-to-erupt-today/

Players bonuses approved, disbursement underway - Sports Commission


https://nairametrics.com/2026/01/08/cbn-finance-ministry-working-to-disburse-super-eagles-afcon-bonuses-nsc/

michael132:
Rubbish Nigeria players..how can u play in a country qnd rejecting thier currency...u claimed to be Nigerian and play for Nigeria and yet to want your money in dollar .. una contribute y d naira de fall...i hate rubbish ....this is not Nigeria fault..not everything we will use to insult our country...what they cannot do in outside countries...

fergie001:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/01/08/another-needless-super-eagles-bonus-row-threatens-to-erupt-today/

Players bonuses approved, disbursement underway - Sports Commission


https://nairametrics.com/2026/01/08/cbn-finance-ministry-working-to-disburse-super-eagles-afcon-bonuses-nsc/

nairalanda1:
Money that has been ready for them since last week...the only problem was that the players wanted to be paid in dollars , not naira, which meant another round of approvals and bureaucracy.

It was said in the article above.

Oga, tinubu is bad, I know, but this your comment makes you no different from his data boys.

izombie:
see wetin you dey talk. Dollar is king for naija. They should pay the players in dollars because nff received the money in dollars

oyeb15:
The players know that if they don't collect it now, and Algeria crash them out,it will take forever.

That's when they will be hearing....

the president is not in the country but
go and meet the Senate president to help u beg the president to order AG to release funds to sports ministry
Later when d AG says funds have been released, minister go deny say he no see any fund. Nff chairman too go start his own politics
By the time everything go clear, some of the players go don retire from football.

oalandAgents2:
Why pay them in Naira when most of them live and work overseas?
This isn't first time bonuses has been paid,vit must have been established by now that bonuses for tournaments are paid in dollars.

Oghene86:
That should not be the issue at all, with their Bank details in place it wouldn't take 1 hr to get their money in their accounts, we should not be having this issues all the time, you don't hear this from European countries, if our NFF can't handle this salary or allowance issues they should resign, they pay themselves in dollars and give excuses for the players, is it CBN that is paying their dollars estacode?

Bosman17:
Did you read the story? Or just the headline? It’s the request to be paid in dollars that has delayed things…