The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reportedly advanced reasons for failing to pay Super Eagles players and officials their allowances as at when due.
The situation gained public attention again on Wednesday after the players boycotted training in Morocco at the ongoing AFCON and refused to travel to Marrakech as planned on that day in protest against non-payment of outstanding winning bonuses at the tournament.
They also threatened to shun the quarterfinal match against Algeria in Marrakech on Saturday.
One of Nigerian journalists at the tournament who broke the news of the protest, Tobi Adepoju, popularly known as Oganla Media, said he allegedly gathered from a top NFF official that processing of the money by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) caused the problem.
Adepoju quoting the official, stated that the process had begun saying that on completion the money would be paid into individuals’ account.
“UPDATE FROM MOROCCO: I just spoke with a top NFF official about the potential players’ and officials’ strike,” Adepoju said in a post on his official X account.
He added NFF official said: “The monies have been processed from CBN to individual banks. The players and officials will receive all their bonuses when the process is completed.”
