SalamRushdie:
Mikel couldn't have said this because you cannot tell that for sure at this point .. Buhari govt and lies ...

SalamRushdie:
Mikel couldn't have said this because you cannot tell that for sure at this point .. Buhari govt and lies ...

neutrotoba:
l



They've already been paid in advance

sarrki:


My brother mikel said it

Why the doubt

Pmb is clean

He meant well for this country

emeijeh:
U better deliver...


It's the semi finals, or nothing!

NFF, Eagles sign landmark agreement ahead Russia 2018
.....“The agreement represents the full and final understanding between the NFF and the team for the 2018 FIFAWorld Cup Russia and not subject to review or negotiations, except there is a review by FIFA of what it has approved and published as prize money for the participating countries.



“We have opted for this international best practice in order to fully motivate the team and ensure there are no distractions or discontent before and during the tournament,” Dikko added.



It is the first time in the history of Nigeria’s participation in international championships that a formal agreement between the Federation and the team is documented, and the major actors see this as a catalyst for the Super Eagles’ best performance ever at the FIFA World Cup. It can also be recalled that the NFF ensured there was no distraction over bonuses and allowances for the team during the qualifying campaign, with the Super Eagles easily dominating a so –called ‘Group of Death.’....... https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/nff-super-eagles-sign-world-cup-allowances-bonuses-agreement/

Why NFF are paying 2018 World Cup allowances in March
..Super Eagles players will be getting the 2018 FIFA World Cup allowances in March, more than two months before the tournament kicks off in Russia.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have finalised plans for the 2018 FIFA World Cup including the allowances of the players.

The Super Eagles and the NFF have has several fall-outs in the past over allowances.

During the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the Super Eagles boycotted training over unpaid allowances.

To avoid a repeat of that, it has been confirmed that the NFF will pay 2018 World Cup allowances in March, more than two months before the tournament....http://www.pulse.ng/sports/football/nff-to-pay-super-eagles-2018-world-cup-allowances-in-march-id7827511.html

IamGoke:


I really don't see reason people go against this administration whenever they do good?

SalamRushdie:
Mikel couldn't have said this because you cannot tell that for sure at this point .. Buhari govt and lies ...

omnino25:
SAY NO TO CORRUPTION
VOTE APC 2019
VOTE CONTINUITY

Adekdammy:

QuotaSystem: :
What a morale-booster for the team. 1ST Time in history - never happened throughout those 16 locust years.

Such a feat can only be achieved in a transparent government where the incentive to Block Funds and Loot is non-existent, thanks to leadership by example.

But wait, are you telling me Obi Mikel did not sit at home but instead sat with Buhari? grin

God bless the President, God bless the Super Eagles, God bless Nigeria.

Unfortunately part of the 16 years had your party publicity secretary in person of Bolaji Abdullahi as sport minister.

Amaechi who is the campaign cordinator of your candidatewas also part of the presidential team as regards football then.

So technically your party men also contributed to the locust years.

Suplexx:

SalamRushdie: :
Mikel couldn't have said this because you cannot tell that for sure at this point .. Buhari govt and lies ...

I saw it on NTA network news

Adekdammy:
Attributing this to apc govt is petty.
Thanks to pinnick, fifa and their sponsors.

mapet:


Unfortunately (for you), these same men got to the current party in power and things are done in an organised manner. It is either something has so bedeviled your party so much that when good men get in they become terribly bad or when the bad ones leave, they do things better ort or both.

mapet:


Unfortunately (for you), these same men got to the current party in power and things are done in an organised manner. It is either something has so bedeviled your party so much that when good men get in they become terribly bad or when the bad ones leave, they do things better ort or both.

anaton:
Just watch. APC will soon claim this as achievement.

SalamRushdie:
Mikel couldn't have said this because you cannot tell that for sure at this point .. Buhari govt and lies ...

egopersonified:
I need the video and their account balance to believe this, cos I don't believe anything I read in this country. Even have to confirm if I am female when people call me madam.

lexy2014:
d federal govt isn't responsible 4 how d NFF runs. NFF is accountable to FIFA not d federal govt.
This has nothing to do with buhari

“The government has given us all the support and more importantly create that stability we always sought in football. The government has really done well by giving us financial support to reach our goal. I thank the Minister, who has been a major supporter of our programme." Amaju Pinnick. https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/pinnick-opens-up-on-super-eagles-world-cup-bonuses-friendlies-goalkeeper-plans/

SalamRushdie:
Mikel couldn't have said this because you cannot tell that for sure at this point .. Buhari govt and lies ...

onatisi:
i wont be surprised if mikel denies this statement tomorrow , there is nothing these apc ppl cant lie about .

Adekdammy:


which organized manner sir? what happened at the just concluded Olympics as regards the dream team?

HE GENESIS

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) was well aware that the National U-23 was an Olympic Team and the Olympics takes place every four years. They were also aware that a tradition exists where Team Nigeria departs for major international sports competitions together.

It is also a norm that the Federal Government through the Ministry of Sports hand over officially all the contingent from all sports federations that qualified for the Olympics, including NFF to the Nigerian Olympic Committee.

Around early July, about a month to the beginning of the Olympic games, the NFF under Amaju Pinnick informed the sports minister that they will be taking the U-23 Team to Atlanta in the US for Pre-Olympic camping and from there they will proceed to Rio in Brazil.

The Sports Minister Solomon Dalong made it clear that there was no money for the Atlanta trip, and advised them to camp in Nigeria before flying to the Olympic games in Rio. The NFF however stated that they had full sponsorship for the Atlanta camping, and thus they didn’t need any money from the federal government.

THE ILL-FATED ATLANTA TRIP

As at the time the NFF dispatched the under-23 Team to Atlanta, USA, the sports minister was not informed.

Few weeks after their stay in Atlanta there were reports that the Nigerian U-23 was about to be thrown out of their Camp in Atlanta. Meanwhile the media officer of the team who was left behind in Nigeria insisted that the U-23 got an invitation by the city of Atlanta to play in a competition.

Is it not curious to wonder how a team that had full sponsorship to travel to Atlanta, and also allegedly have been invited by the city of Atlanta will get thrown out of the hotel due to unpaid bills?

Few days into the Atlanta stay, the news about the ejection of the under-23 team from their Atlanta hotel spread like wild fire.

Suddenly the supposed sponsors were nowhere to be found and the U-23 team coach Samson Siasia started the outcry about their ejection. However this failed to extract money from the federal government as they wished, but somehow the team managed to survive several weeks in the hotel in Atlanta.

THE MESSY TICKETING SAGA

The consultant to the Ministry of Sports, Angie Taylor was responsible for arranging tickets for Team Nigeria members residing outside the country especially those in the US. She arranged tickets for the D’TIGERS, our National Male Basketball Team who were incidentally in Atlanta also and left for Rio four days before the Olympics opening ceremony.

She also arranged for several other athletes outside US.

However NFF’s U-23 team rejected the ticketing agent provided by the sports ministry stating that they had their own ticketing agent.

The NFF thus insisted that the Sports Ministry gave them the funds to pay their agent for the tickets.

The sports minister, Solomon Dalung requested for the name of their ticketing agent and his account details so that the money will be paid to him. The NFF however refused to give him the agents account details, stating that they wanted the funds instead.

In a bid to avoid a stalemate following the NFF’s insistence to buy their tickets through their ticketing agents the sports ministry approved the release of $174,000 Dollars (About N80 million) through the Nigerian Olympic Committee who remitted the sum to the account of the NFF agent
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After the payment was made, in a surprise move, the agent again asked for more money claiming that he would not allow the team to leave for Rio if the team’s hotel bills were not paid.

The Sports Minister then asked the NFF to talk to their agent and allow the team leave for Rio, since the Olympics was starting in two days. He also stated that whatever the bill was he would settle it in the interest of the country. However the agent, Jairo Pashion, a close associate of Coach Samson Siasia insisted that he will not allow the team to leave for the Olympics.

Coach Samson Siasia was then called upon to talk to the agent, but Siasia said ‘it is not my business’.
https://flatimes.com/revealed-samson-siasia-nff-yemi-idowu-nigerian-u23-dream-team-olympic-journey/

lexy2014:
d federal govt isn't responsible 4 how d NFF runs. NFF is accountable to FIFA not d federal govt.
This has nothing to do with buhari

sarrki:


My brother mikel said it

Why the doubt

Pmb is clean

He meant well for this country

mapet:

Realhommie:
You're obviously not current.

lexy2014:
these are my points.
when it was NFA, they always had money or allocation from d FG. D problem wasn't money, it was mismanagement. When pinnick came in 2014, he started working to put systems in place that will prevent d embarrassment of d past. Previously players used to b paid cash, but now they are paid electronically. Now pinnick has been able to get sponsors to help.d financial burden of NFF. So its not a question of money because, d federal govt in time past has always funded NFF. D argument is d success d NFF is recording in player welfare isn't cause of buhari, its cause of pinnick. So amaju can choose to do well or otherwise. He doesn't answer to anybody in Nigeria