NFF dismisses reports of paying winning bonus to players according to minutes played
NFF spokesman Ademola Olajire have dismmissed reports the NFF proposed to the Eagles to pay each player a win bonus based on the minutes they played during the World Cup qualifiers.
Nigeria captain Mikel Obi was said to have led the rest of the team to protest the move as they believed it would deny the players who were called up but never got to play the opportunity to benefit from the bonus.
The NFF reportedly agreed to give the team $3m qualifying bonus for the World Cup according to their call-ups and appearances.
But Olajire said, “The NFF agreed to give the team $2,4m out of the $8m we are expecting from FIFA. It’s not our business how the players share the money. There was nothing like playing each player per minute as reported.”
The Super Eagles will however know their world cup group opponents, Dec 1st, 2017.
