Nigerian girls footballers boycott coaching in protest over lack of funds over 10000$

A row over promised however unpaid bonus funds over 10000$ for wins has led to the Nigerian girls footballers to boycott coaching forward of their third-place play-off on the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

BBC Sport Africa reported that not one of the gamers has obtained their allowances and bonus for wins over Botswana, Burundi, and Cameroon. Each participant is entitled to a 100$ day by day allowance, 3,000$ for every group stage win and 1,500$ for a draw.

“The players have refused to leave their hotel in Casablanca over unpaid bonuses,” a senior NFF official advised BBC Sport Africa. ”There can also be a problem over the unpaid first 5 days of camp, which the gamers anticipated of their financial institution accounts however has not arrived.”

The financially-stricken NFF, which depends upon the federal government for funds, has paid 1000$ to the gamers to cowl their 10-day’s allowance.

The NFF president Amaju Pinnick advised BBC that his organisation is “dealing with the issue” – however funds want to return from the nation’s Sports Ministry earlier than any cost will be made.

They have had points throughout Africa Cup of Nations previously too over cash, registering sit-in protests in 2014 in South Africa, in 2016 in Abuja, and throughout the Women’s world cup in France in 2019.