Following the 1.6 billion Naira that was to released to the NFF to cover right up to the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup has raised an issue within the National Sports Council as the minister demands for a break down of the money dished out to the NFF.
Even though knowing fully well the Super Eagles failed to go past the group stage in the 2018 World Cup .
The honourable Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has insisted the government will not release more funds to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) until they have duly accounted for the 1.6 billion Naira granted them for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The minister said We want the NFF to retire this money. The money was meant for the team right up to the quarterfinals even though they crashed out in the first round.
This has raised questions about their credibility of NFF financial spending and government will not release any money to them if proper account can’t be given.
Our sources confirmed that the NFF general secretary Mohammed Sanusi confirmed they are yet to communicate to the sports ministry how the World Cup cash was spent.
He said the NFF requested that the outstanding funds from that amount was used to finance the country’s participation at the recent FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in France as well as the Golden Eaglets campaign at the zonal qualifiers in Niger for the 2019 U17 AFCON.
In a sharp and smart reaction to the minister’s statement, the NFF put out a two-page advert in a national newspaper to announce their audited accounts for the outgoing year.
