Reports have it that the Federal Government hasn't fully fulfilled its financial responsibilities to the victorious falcons.
Super Falcons
All is not yet right at the Super Falcons’ camp despite the Federal
Government’s order that the players and their officials, who recently
won the African Women Nations Cup in Cameroon, be paid their emoluments
immediately.
The Super Falcons, who have been holed up at their Agura Hotel,
Abuja camp since December 6 when they returned from the AWCON in
Cameroon, are insisting that they would neither leave the hotel nor hand
over the trophy to government if their entitlements dating back to
eight match bonuses and other allowances were not settled.
The Guardian learnt that some of the players have received their
payment alerts, but majority were yet to get theirs as at yesterday.
Apart from the match bonuses from the AWCON, the players are also
demanding payment for the qualifiers against Senegal in April, as well
as camp allowances before they embarked on the Nations Cup campaign.
They are demanding about US$23,650 per player from the Nigeria
Football Federation (NFF) for winning the 2016 Women’s Africa Cup of
Nations.
An official of the team, who pleaded anonymity, said “some of
the players have received their alerts, but they have refused to leave
the hotel until everyone got his money to the last kobo. They don’t
trust anybody any more.”
She added that the players “thank the government, the fans and media for their roles in making sure we got our hard-earned dues.
“Government has done its part, it is up to the other parties to carry out the order.”
It was learnt that the Federal Government gave the cash-strapped
NFF about US$1.2m on Friday to settle the team and the Super Eagles, who
are being owed outstanding bonuses for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
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