Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
President Amaju Pinnick has revealed that barely days to Sunday’s World Cup
qualifier against Zambia they are yet to pay for a chartered flight and hotel
in Ndola.
Pinnick made this sensational
disclosure to the senate sports committee on Tuesday.
He said NFF sponsors have not been
forthcoming and this has forced them to apply for a government intervention but
they are yet to get a response.
“We have a sound technical crew and
our players are doing well, but the missing link is a financial
incapacitation,” Pinnick disclosed.
“We have made arrangements for a
chartered flight with Arik and have reserved 60 rooms in a new hotel which is
just 10 minutes from the stadium in Ndola, but we have not paid for them.”
It has already been understood that
the NFF travel agency has negotiated a $300,000 chartered flight to Zambia.
The NFF boss also confirmed that the
country’s Europe-based stars were ordered to buy their flight tickets and fly
economy to join the training camp in Abuja for Sunday’s World Cup qualifier.
“We requested the players to fly
economy and about 80% of them complied with this,” he said.
“We could not buy their tickets
because we are already owing the travel agent about 300 million Naira.”
I see a repeat of what happened in Rio
2016…..it’s unfortunate.
source: www.today.ng
With this statement how can football help recession in Nigeria?
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