NFF to pay Siasia – Report

NFF to pay Siasia – Report

The Nigeria Football Federation President  says it will  use the  $60,000 grant  recently received from the Confederation of African Football  to clear the unpaid salaries of  the national Under-23 team coach Samson Siasia and his assistants, AfricanFootball.com reports.

Before the Olympics in Rio, Siasia told the media he has not received his salary for five months.

AfricanFootball.com  also reported that the former Super Eagles  coach threatened to quit his post after the team’s win over Sweden in Manaus on Monday and had to be begged by his players led by Chelsea star Mikel Obi to rescind this decision.

“I have directed the secretariat that the $60,000 we received from CAF be used immediately to pay the U23 team coaches,”  the outlet quoted the NFF President Amaju  Pinnick as saying on Tuesday. “ We are in the process of paying them.”

The NFF boss admitted the federation is “financially challenged”.

He said the past NFF administration led by Aminu Maigari left his board with “an obscene amount of debts.”