NFF reveals when Super Falcons bonuses will be paid, responds to FIFPRO statement
The Nigeria Football Federation – NFF has revealed when the Super Falcons will get their bonuses while responding to a statement from FIFPRO on Tuesday August 8, 2023.
FIFPRO, a body that represents professional footballers had promised to help Super Falcons players get their owed bonuses ,a statement the NFF frowns at based on its existing agreements with the team.
In response, the NFF pledged to pay the money once the World Cup money is paid by FIFA.
The NFF has reiterated that it had an earlier agreement with the Super Falcons’ players on what they would earn at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, but world football-governing body, FIFA came up with a new template that guaranteed more money for the players and which made players of all participating teams happier.
NFF insisted it does need FIFPRO shouting from far off to pay Nigerian players what they had been promised by both FIFA and the NFF, dismissing the body’s statement as a mere relevance-seeking message.
The Football Federation recalled that its officials sat down and agreed with the players on what to pay them, but FIFA came up with a juicier package and they were all happy about it.
“If they had beaten England, for instance, and reached the quarter-finals, the NFF disclosed that the players would have been entitled to $90,000, and not the $60,000 each player will be getting now.”
” A place in the semi-finals would have guaranteed at least $165,000 each (for 4th place, and $180,000 each for 3rd place) for the players.
On the Super Falcons performance at the Women’s World Cup, the NFF praised the team for its efforts at reaching the Round of 16 and standing up firmly to world number four England on the turf, as well as its heroics in the group phase.
It noted that not losing a single match out of four in regulation time is a remarkable record by an African team.
The Nigeria football-governing body stated that it has no issues with the players; it had assured them before the World Cup that they would be paid the couple of friendly matches and qualifying matches for which they were being owed appearance fees and bonuses respectively.
It pledged to pay the money once the World Cup money is paid.
In a related development, the Nigeria Football Federation has charged the global professional footballers’ body, FIFPRO, to stop playing the ostrich and stand up to its real responsibilities, calling on the body to address the real issues.
The NFF revealed that after all these years, FIFPRO does not have an affiliate body in Nigeria.
It challenged the body to come to Nigeria and set up an affiliate body that can always and legitimately speak on behalf of Nigerian players, and made up of individuals who understand the culture and dynamics of the African environment.
