As the senior national women’s team
the Super Falcons continue their sit-in protest in Abuja over unpaid bonuses
and allowances after their 8th AWCON triumph in Cameroon.
The Minister of Youth and Sports,
Solomon Dalung, NFF President, Amaju Pinnick and the chairman of the League
Management Company of Nigeria (LMC), Mallam Shehu Dikko are off to London to
sign a new kit sponsorship deal for the Super Eagles with sports wear
manufacturing giants, Nike. Dalung and Amaju Pinnick Dalung and Amaju Pinnick .
Although the NFF had before the
tournament pledged to pay the Falcons bonuses and allowances for qualifying,
the team played and won without bonuses and allowances paid.
They have since embarked on a
protest following their return from Cameroon. One of the players told BBC Sport
that their sit-in at the Agura hotel in the capital will not end until they
receive all bonuses, which totals US$23,650 (about N11.5m) per player.
“We are not leaving this hotel and
we have not been told exactly when we are going to get paid,” the player, who
insisted on anonymity, told BBC Sport. “The plan is to stay here until we all
receive the money because the moment we leave there will be no opportunity to
get it again.”
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