Nigeria U-23 Olympic team have reportedly shunned training
and threatened to boycott tomorrow’s quarter-final match against Denmark unless
they are paid the balance of their allowances in Brazil.
The team who topped Group B despite going down 2-0 to Colombia Wednesday are following in the steps of the senior national team, the Super Eagles who also protested in Brazil before their second round match against France at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The Eagles lost 2-0 and crashed out.
The team who topped Group B despite going down 2-0 to Colombia Wednesday are following in the steps of the senior national team, the Super Eagles who also protested in Brazil before their second round match against France at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The Eagles lost 2-0 and crashed out.
According to sources from the team’s camp the protest is also
tied to the unpaid five month salaries and allowances of the coaches which the
NFF president, Amaju Pinnick has directed the secretariat to settle with the
$60,000 grant received from CAF recently.
Africanfootball.com also quoted a source close to the team as
saying that “The players said that their level of patriotism has already
dwindled because of the way they have been treated by the government officials
prior to the Olympic Games.
“As we speak now, the only money that the players have received
was the $150 dollars per day for 11 days, while there are more than that 11
days still to be paid and no extra money was received for the matches played so
far”, the source also disclosed.
Source: Africanfootball
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