Dalung
Youth and Sports Development Minister, Solomon Dalung has insisted the
government will not release any more monies to the Nigeria Football Federation
(NFF) until they have accounted for the 1.6 billion Naira granted them for the
2018 World Cup in Russia.
The 1.6
billion Naira was to cover the country right up to the quarterfinals even
though the Super Eagles failed to go past the group stage.
According to Dalung: “We want the NFF to retire this money. The money
was for the team right up to the quarterfinals even though they crashed out in
the first round.
“This has raised questions about their credibility and government will
not release any money to them.”
NFF general secretary Mohammed Sanusi confirmed they are yet to
communicate to the sports ministry how the World Cup cash was spent.
He said the NFF requested that the outstanding funds from that amount
was used to finance the country’s participation at the recent FIFA U20 Women’s
World Cup in France as well as the Golden Eaglets campaign at the zonal
qualifiers in Niger for the 2019 U17 AFCON.
In a swift reaction to the minister’s statement, the NFF put out a
two-page advert in a national newspaper to announce their audited accounts for
the outgoing year.
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