Falcons awaiting bonuses.......

[Enugu II]

Nigeria's Falcons in the dark over pay, no cash for star defender's surgery
https://mtnfootball.com/news/669358/Nig ... rs-surgery
by Samm Audu
Monday Dec 05, 2016. 19:12


There is now a silent but dangerous standoff between African champions Super Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the team have still been left in the dark as regards their bonuses and allowances.

“No official has been to see the girls at the Agura Hotel. There has been no message from the office (NFF). We are all in the dark as concerns our money,” a team official opened up.

Earlier, top officials had suggested the team will be attended to when the banks reopen for business today.

We have now further learnt that the players were paid 500,000 Naira each and officials received 400,000 Naira for them not to boycott their AWCON semi-final against South Africa.

“What we are all asking now is what was the money meant for? Part of our bonuses or allowances?”

The cash situation is so serious that star defender Onome Ebi’s injured arm cannot be operated on at the National Hospital in Abuja.

Ebi suffered a serious arm injury and barely managed to finish the AWCON final against Cameroon on Saturday.

The cost of the surgery has been put at 500,000 Naira.

The NFF have not been forthcoming with the money for the surgery, while raising serious questions about whether the team were insured for the biennial championship.

Midfielder Ngozi Okobi also suffered a leg injury in the final and had to be ferried on a wheel chair on arrival at the airport in Nigeria.

[Eaglezbeak]

http://africanfootball.com/news/669370/ ... WCON-final

It gets worse!

[pajimoh]

When Egghead and Agama Lizard head Darlung were hugging the girls I was thinking I hope you pay them and stop pretending like you care.

[Enugu II]

Is that not Pinnick with his arms around injured Ebi in that photo?

Nigeria's Falcons in the dark over pay, no cash for star defender's surgery
https://mtnfootball.com/news/669358/Nig ... rs-surgery
by Samm Audu
Monday Dec 05, 2016. 19:12


There is now a silent but dangerous standoff between African champions Super Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the team have still been left in the dark as regards their bonuses and allowances.

“No official has been to see the girls at the Agura Hotel. There has been no message from the office (NFF). We are all in the dark as concerns our money,” a team official opened up.

Earlier, top officials had suggested the team will be attended to when the banks reopen for business today.

We have now further learnt that the players were paid 500,000 Naira each and officials received 400,000 Naira for them not to boycott their AWCON semi-final against South Africa.

“What we are all asking now is what was the money meant for? Part of our bonuses or allowances?”

The cash situation is so serious that star defender Onome Ebi’s injured arm cannot be operated on at the National Hospital in Abuja.

Ebi suffered a serious arm injury and barely managed to finish the AWCON final against Cameroon on Saturday.

The cost of the surgery has been put at 500,000 Naira.

The NFF have not been forthcoming with the money for the surgery, while raising serious questions about whether the team were insured for the biennial championship.

Midfielder Ngozi Okobi also suffered a leg injury in the final and had to be ferried on a wheel chair on arrival at the airport in Nigeria.

[Damunk]

It is.
But that aside...this is why one has to take these reports with a huge pinch of salt.
Ebi is in an arm sling and has been since that game on Saturday.
What type of injury that "needs surgery' would be managed in a mere arm sling? It doesn't make sense. The only type of injury requiring surgery would be a fracture - and not even a carpenter would put her in an arm sling with a fracture.

Patapata, if she refused to have surgery in Cameroun, or in the unlikely event they didn't have the very basic resources to do so at a major international tournament, they would at least put her in a POP back slab or full plaster cast - something even a mere POP technician could do easily.

So what is this whole report trying to say? Its obviously just another sensational report written to inflame emotions. This isn't to say the NFF are not slacking, but people just need to try to at least read these reports with a little more scepticism - whether they are good or bad.

There is another report circulating on the net that "not a single NFF official" was there to meet the girls at the airport. Everyone is swearing and cursing as a result. Sebi that is Pinick himself with Ebi? And from all indications, that is the MMIA.

Our journalists sha...

Is that not Pinnick with his arms around injured Ebi in that photo?

Nigeria's Falcons in the dark over pay, no cash for star defender's surgery
https://mtnfootball.com/news/669358/Nig ... rs-surgery
by Samm Audu
Monday Dec 05, 2016. 19:12


There is now a silent but dangerous standoff between African champions Super Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the team have still been left in the dark as regards their bonuses and allowances.

“No official has been to see the girls at the Agura Hotel. There has been no message from the office (NFF). We are all in the dark as concerns our money,” a team official opened up.

Earlier, top officials had suggested the team will be attended to when the banks reopen for business today.

We have now further learnt that the players were paid 500,000 Naira each and officials received 400,000 Naira for them not to boycott their AWCON semi-final against South Africa.

“What we are all asking now is what was the money meant for? Part of our bonuses or allowances?”

The cash situation is so serious that star defender Onome Ebi’s injured arm cannot be operated on at the National Hospital in Abuja.

Ebi suffered a serious arm injury and barely managed to finish the AWCON final against Cameroon on Saturday.

The cost of the surgery has been put at 500,000 Naira.

The NFF have not been forthcoming with the money for the surgery, while raising serious questions about whether the team were insured for the biennial championship.

Midfielder Ngozi Okobi also suffered a leg injury in the final and had to be ferried on a wheel chair on arrival at the airport in Nigeria.

[Cmoke]

Our girls should sue just like U.S women soccer just did!

Imagine winning pretty much all the African championship and getting constantly treated like gabbage.

Cmoke

[Rawlings]

This is sad
where is all that oil money?

[Enugu II]

Sure and more amazing it shows that the NFF officials were at the airport to welcome the girls and did not abandon them as some reports claim.

It is.
But that aside...this is why one has to take these reports with a huge pinch of salt.
Ebi is in an arm sling and has been since that game on Saturday.
What type of injury that "needs surgery' would be managed in a mere arm sling? It doesn't make sense. The only type of injury requiring surgery would be a fracture - and not even a carpenter would put her in an arm sling with a fracture.

Patapata, if she refused to have surgery in Cameroun, or in the unlikely event they didn't have the very basic resources to do so at a major international tournament, they would at least put her in a POP back slab or full plaster cast - something even a mere POP technician could do easily.

So what is this whole report trying to say? Its obviously just another sensational report written to inflame emotions. This isn't to say the NFF are not slacking, but people just need to try to at least read these reports with a little more scepticism - whether they are good or bad.

There is another report circulating on the net that "not a single NFF official" was there to meet the girls at the airport. Everyone is swearing and cursing as a result. Sebi that is Pinick himself with Ebi? And from all indications, that is the MMIA.

Our journalists sha...

Is that not Pinnick with his arms around injured Ebi in that photo?

Nigeria's Falcons in the dark over pay, no cash for star defender's surgery
https://mtnfootball.com/news/669358/Nig ... rs-surgery
by Samm Audu
Monday Dec 05, 2016. 19:12


There is now a silent but dangerous standoff between African champions Super Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the team have still been left in the dark as regards their bonuses and allowances.

“No official has been to see the girls at the Agura Hotel. There has been no message from the office (NFF). We are all in the dark as concerns our money,” a team official opened up.

Earlier, top officials had suggested the team will be attended to when the banks reopen for business today.

We have now further learnt that the players were paid 500,000 Naira each and officials received 400,000 Naira for them not to boycott their AWCON semi-final against South Africa.

“What we are all asking now is what was the money meant for? Part of our bonuses or allowances?”

The cash situation is so serious that star defender Onome Ebi’s injured arm cannot be operated on at the National Hospital in Abuja.

Ebi suffered a serious arm injury and barely managed to finish the AWCON final against Cameroon on Saturday.

The cost of the surgery has been put at 500,000 Naira.

The NFF have not been forthcoming with the money for the surgery, while raising serious questions about whether the team were insured for the biennial championship.

Midfielder Ngozi Okobi also suffered a leg injury in the final and had to be ferried on a wheel chair on arrival at the airport in Nigeria.

[Cmoke]

E2,

Who cares if NFF were at the airport!

You are missing the main point of disrespect and utter rubbish care of our women team compared to SE!

Cmoke

Sure and more amazing it shows that the NFF officials were at the airport to welcome the girls and did not abandon them as some reports claim.

It is.
But that aside...this is why one has to take these reports with a huge pinch of salt.
Ebi is in an arm sling and has been since that game on Saturday.
What type of injury that "needs surgery' would be managed in a mere arm sling? It doesn't make sense. The only type of injury requiring surgery would be a fracture - and not even a carpenter would put her in an arm sling with a fracture.

Patapata, if she refused to have surgery in Cameroun, or in the unlikely event they didn't have the very basic resources to do so at a major international tournament, they would at least put her in a POP back slab or full plaster cast - something even a mere POP technician could do easily.

So what is this whole report trying to say? Its obviously just another sensational report written to inflame emotions. This isn't to say the NFF are not slacking, but people just need to try to at least read these reports with a little more scepticism - whether they are good or bad.

There is another report circulating on the net that "not a single NFF official" was there to meet the girls at the airport. Everyone is swearing and cursing as a result. Sebi that is Pinick himself with Ebi? And from all indications, that is the MMIA.

Our journalists sha...

Is that not Pinnick with his arms around injured Ebi in that photo?

Nigeria's Falcons in the dark over pay, no cash for star defender's surgery
https://mtnfootball.com/news/669358/Nig ... rs-surgery
by Samm Audu
Monday Dec 05, 2016. 19:12


There is now a silent but dangerous standoff between African champions Super Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the team have still been left in the dark as regards their bonuses and allowances.

“No official has been to see the girls at the Agura Hotel. There has been no message from the office (NFF). We are all in the dark as concerns our money,” a team official opened up.

Earlier, top officials had suggested the team will be attended to when the banks reopen for business today.

We have now further learnt that the players were paid 500,000 Naira each and officials received 400,000 Naira for them not to boycott their AWCON semi-final against South Africa.

“What we are all asking now is what was the money meant for? Part of our bonuses or allowances?”

The cash situation is so serious that star defender Onome Ebi’s injured arm cannot be operated on at the National Hospital in Abuja.

Ebi suffered a serious arm injury and barely managed to finish the AWCON final against Cameroon on Saturday.

The cost of the surgery has been put at 500,000 Naira.

The NFF have not been forthcoming with the money for the surgery, while raising serious questions about whether the team were insured for the biennial championship.

Midfielder Ngozi Okobi also suffered a leg injury in the final and had to be ferried on a wheel chair on arrival at the airport in Nigeria.

[jb]

Nigeria's Falcons in the dark over pay, no cash for star defender's surgery
https://mtnfootball.com/news/669358/Nig ... rs-surgery
by Samm Audu
Monday Dec 05, 2016. 19:12


There is now a silent but dangerous standoff between African champions Super Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the team have still been left in the dark as regards their bonuses and allowances.

“No official has been to see the girls at the Agura Hotel. There has been no message from the office (NFF). We are all in the dark as concerns our money,” a team official opened up.

Earlier, top officials had suggested the team will be attended to when the banks reopen for business today.

We have now further learnt that the players were paid 500,000 Naira each and officials received 400,000 Naira for them not to boycott their AWCON semi-final against South Africa.

“What we are all asking now is what was the money meant for? Part of our bonuses or allowances?”

The cash situation is so serious that star defender Onome Ebi’s injured arm cannot be operated on at the National Hospital in Abuja.

Ebi suffered a serious arm injury and barely managed to finish the AWCON final against Cameroon on Saturday.

The cost of the surgery has been put at 500,000 Naira.

The NFF have not been forthcoming with the money for the surgery, while raising serious questions about whether the team were insured for the biennial championship.

Midfielder Ngozi Okobi also suffered a leg injury in the final and had to be ferried on a wheel chair on arrival at the airport in Nigeria.

Una don see de thing wey Cameroonian men do our girls and nobody de talk. This is worse than Boka Haram.

[mcal]

...where are the supporters of these thieves on CE? Bunch of fooools

[Cito]

E2,

Who cares if NFF were at the airport!

You are missing the main point of disrespect and utter rubbish care of our women team compared to SE!

Cmoke

Sure and more amazing it shows that the NFF officials were at the airport to welcome the girls and did not abandon them as some reports claim.

It is.
But that aside...this is why one has to take these reports with a huge pinch of salt.
Ebi is in an arm sling and has been since that game on Saturday.
What type of injury that "needs surgery' would be managed in a mere arm sling? It doesn't make sense. The only type of injury requiring surgery would be a fracture - and not even a carpenter would put her in an arm sling with a fracture.

Patapata, if she refused to have surgery in Cameroun, or in the unlikely event they didn't have the very basic resources to do so at a major international tournament, they would at least put her in a POP back slab or full plaster cast - something even a mere POP technician could do easily.

So what is this whole report trying to say? Its obviously just another sensational report written to inflame emotions. This isn't to say the NFF are not slacking, but people just need to try to at least read these reports with a little more scepticism - whether they are good or bad.

There is another report circulating on the net that "not a single NFF official" was there to meet the girls at the airport. Everyone is swearing and cursing as a result. Sebi that is Pinick himself with Ebi? And from all indications, that is the MMIA.

Our journalists sha...

Is that not Pinnick with his arms around injured Ebi in that photo?

Nigeria's Falcons in the dark over pay, no cash for star defender's surgery
https://mtnfootball.com/news/669358/Nig ... rs-surgery
by Samm Audu
Monday Dec 05, 2016. 19:12


There is now a silent but dangerous standoff between African champions Super Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the team have still been left in the dark as regards their bonuses and allowances.

“No official has been to see the girls at the Agura Hotel. There has been no message from the office (NFF). We are all in the dark as concerns our money,” a team official opened up.

Earlier, top officials had suggested the team will be attended to when the banks reopen for business today.

We have now further learnt that the players were paid 500,000 Naira each and officials received 400,000 Naira for them not to boycott their AWCON semi-final against South Africa.

“What we are all asking now is what was the money meant for? Part of our bonuses or allowances?”

The cash situation is so serious that star defender Onome Ebi’s injured arm cannot be operated on at the National Hospital in Abuja.

Ebi suffered a serious arm injury and barely managed to finish the AWCON final against Cameroon on Saturday.

The cost of the surgery has been put at 500,000 Naira.

The NFF have not been forthcoming with the money for the surgery, while raising serious questions about whether the team were insured for the biennial championship.

Midfielder Ngozi Okobi also suffered a leg injury in the final and had to be ferried on a wheel chair on arrival at the airport in Nigeria.

I do not believe he is missing the point. He is rather trying to get the facts in order to channel his anger to the right errs.

We all know the SF are treated worse than the SE. But to mix the report with garbage just to further cause angst is just wrong. That is what he was pointing out alongside Damunk. IMHO.

[walesvilla]

Our girls should sue just like U.S women soccer just did!

Imagine winning pretty much all the African championship and getting constantly treated like gabbage.

Cmoke

and this is for winning the cup image if they had been eliminated in group stage- apparently men too still owed bonus for Zambia and Algeria win -what if we had qualified for afcon 2017?

[platinum]

Our girls should sue just like U.S women soccer just did!

Imagine winning pretty much all the African championship and getting constantly treated like gabbage.

Cmoke

Our society never progress to that level. There are MANY in Nigeria who have won lawsuits and still await payment on those suits.

[The Eagle]

Ebi is in an arm sling and has been since that game on Saturday.
What type of injury that "needs surgery' would be managed in a mere arm sling? It doesn't make sense. The only type of injury requiring surgery would be a fracture - and not even a carpenter would put her in an arm sling with a fracture.

Patapata, if she refused to have surgery in Cameroun, or in the unlikely event they didn't have the very basic resources to do so at a major international tournament, they would at least put her in a POP back slab or full plaster cast - something even a mere POP technician could do easily.

Channels TV reports Onome Ebi underwent surgery at the National Hospital Abuja. They did not say what the surgery was on (i.e. which body part) or what the injury was. They said the doctors did not put a timeframe on when she would return to sports after the surgery, but Channels speculated (while giving no reason or basis for their speculation) that she would likely miss the first quarter of next year.

No word on Ngozi Okobi.

PS: One is reminded of the two Nigerian players who had to be evacuated by ambulance to hospital during our 1990 World Cup qualifier in Yaounde.

[Damunk]

Ebi is in an arm sling and has been since that game on Saturday.
What type of injury that "needs surgery' would be managed in a mere arm sling? It doesn't make sense. The only type of injury requiring surgery would be a fracture - and not even a carpenter would put her in an arm sling with a fracture.

Patapata, if she refused to have surgery in Cameroun, or in the unlikely event they didn't have the very basic resources to do so at a major international tournament, they would at least put her in a POP back slab or full plaster cast - something even a mere POP technician could do easily.

Channels TV reports Onome Ebi underwent surgery at the National Hospital Abuja. They did not say what the surgery was on (i.e. which body part) or what the injury was. They said the doctors did not put a timeframe on when she would return to sports after the surgery, but Channels speculated (while giving no reason or basis for their speculation) that she would likely miss the first quarter of next year.

No word on Ngozi Okobi.

PS: One is reminded of the two Nigerian players who had to be evacuated by ambulance to hospital during our 1990 World Cup qualifier in Yaounde.

Even Channels dey fall persin hand sometimes.
Anyway, let's just pray she is back to full fitness 'soonest'.

[Enugu II]

Ebi is in an arm sling and has been since that game on Saturday.
What type of injury that "needs surgery' would be managed in a mere arm sling? It doesn't make sense. The only type of injury requiring surgery would be a fracture - and not even a carpenter would put her in an arm sling with a fracture.

Patapata, if she refused to have surgery in Cameroun, or in the unlikely event they didn't have the very basic resources to do so at a major international tournament, they would at least put her in a POP back slab or full plaster cast - something even a mere POP technician could do easily.

Channels TV reports Onome Ebi underwent surgery at the National Hospital Abuja. They did not say what the surgery was on (i.e. which body part) or what the injury was. They said the doctors did not put a timeframe on when she would return to sports after the surgery, but Channels speculated (while giving no reason or basis for their speculation) that she would likely miss the first quarter of next year.

No word on Ngozi Okobi.

PS: One is reminded of the two Nigerian players who had to be evacuated by ambulance to hospital during our 1990 World Cup qualifier in Yaounde.

Even Channels dey fall persin hand sometimes.
Anyway, let's just pray she is back to full fitness 'soonest'.

[Enugu II]

[Damunk]

Ebi is in an arm sling and has been since that game on Saturday.
What type of injury that "needs surgery' would be managed in a mere arm sling? It doesn't make sense. The only type of injury requiring surgery would be a fracture - and not even a carpenter would put her in an arm sling with a fracture.

Patapata, if she refused to have surgery in Cameroun, or in the unlikely event they didn't have the very basic resources to do so at a major international tournament, they would at least put her in a POP back slab or full plaster cast - something even a mere POP technician could do easily.

Channels TV reports Onome Ebi underwent surgery at the National Hospital Abuja. They did not say what the surgery was on (i.e. which body part) or what the injury was. They said the doctors did not put a timeframe on when she would return to sports after the surgery, but Channels speculated (while giving no reason or basis for their speculation) that she would likely miss the first quarter of next year.

No word on Ngozi Okobi.

PS: One is reminded of the two Nigerian players who had to be evacuated by ambulance to hospital during our 1990 World Cup qualifier in Yaounde.

Even Channels dey fall persin hand sometimes.
Anyway, let's just pray she is back to full fitness 'soonest'.

All rather baffling.
But whatever surgery they've done, I hope it was totally successful.

[fabio]

Solomon Dalung, has leanrt to led the narrative, before Pinnick boys in the press blame him.

Nigeria Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has told the BBC the ongoing standoff over bonuses for the Super Falcons, the newly crowned women football champions of Africa, is "pathetic".

Nigeria's national women's football team clinched their eighth African title on Saturday with a 1-0 win over hosts Cameroon.

But after their welcome home, they have refused to leave a hotel in the capital, Abuja, until they are paid $17,150 ( £13,500) per player as promised by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for winning.

Mr Dalung told the BBC's Newsday programme that the NFF was to blame for the situation for not submitting the request for funds for the team in good time.

He said that the government was working "tirelessly" to resolve the situation and that the government was working to fix "structural problems" which have been behind similar situations with other sports federation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-38234983

[nemi2002]

Why have they not paid the girls? Before every competition, I used to think that the practice was to apply for all the monies up till the finals and then give out to the team based on their performance and then chop whatever is left after the team is eliminated.

[fabio]

Why have they not paid the girls? Before every competition, I used to think that the practice was to apply for all the monies up till the finals and then give out to the team based on their performance and then chop whatever is left after the team is eliminated.

Change, things don change!!

[FATHER TIKO]

Ebi is in an arm sling and has been since that game on Saturday.
What type of injury that "needs surgery' would be managed in a mere arm sling? It doesn't make sense. The only type of injury requiring surgery would be a fracture - and not even a carpenter would put her in an arm sling with a fracture.

Patapata, if she refused to have surgery in Cameroun, or in the unlikely event they didn't have the very basic resources to do so at a major international tournament, they would at least put her in a POP back slab or full plaster cast - something even a mere POP technician could do easily.

Channels TV reports Onome Ebi underwent surgery at the National Hospital Abuja. They did not say what the surgery was on (i.e. which body part) or what the injury was. They said the doctors did not put a timeframe on when she would return to sports after the surgery, but Channels speculated (while giving no reason or basis for their speculation) that she would likely miss the first quarter of next year.

No word on Ngozi Okobi.

PS: One is reminded of the two Nigerian players who had to be evacuated by ambulance to hospital during our 1990 World Cup qualifier in Yaounde.

Even Channels dey fall persin hand sometimes.
Anyway, let's just pray she is back to full fitness 'soonest'.

Our journalists, sef...

What's so difficult about reporting the specific injury Ebi suffered, and the specific surgery Ebi underwent?
A simple phone-call to the medics attached to the SFalcons ought to have supplied at least a more acceptable narrative...

What is surgery? It is a medical term that is as vague as "brief illness"...Surgery for what?

That is how tales by moonlight start...

Whatever medical treatment given to Ebi, lets hope the lady makes full recovery and resumes her career.

What a servant Onome Ebi has been to Nigeria football...