Leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, has assured Nigerians that the Super Falcons will get their deserved payment from FIFA as promised.
And this statement cane from the NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau during an interview session with Sports Journalist Mitchell Obi.
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Obi had asked the football executive to ascertain if the Super Falcons will receive their world cup prize money as earlier assured by FIFA.
And according to the NFF President, the ladies can be paid only when they get the prize money from FIFA.
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“It is only when we have the money that we can use it to pay such kind of payment, it is then that we can do it,” he said and was quoted by Vanguard.
“The prize money we are getting from FIFA, we can use it to pay any outstanding. And we can use it to pay the coach of the Super Falcons. That is what we will do and we will not have any problem,” he stressed.
Also speaking further, Gusau highlighted that some mischievous elements had wanted to instigate negative things in the team. But, then, he thanked God for the team’s unity and cohesiveness during the world cup.
“But so many people are trying to instigate so many things, in order to divert their attention, in order to create a lot of distraction,” he continued.
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“But we thank God, at least, at the end of the day, they were able to keep everything behind. And they were focused on why they were there(Australia and New Zealand).
“They had one of the best performances of the tournament. The outstanding they are talking about, most of them are friendly matches. And some of the qualifying matches, which goes back to almost three years.