Wafcon 2022: Nigeria women boycott training in bonus row

[Bigpokey24]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62243685

nah wah for NFF

None of the Super Falcons players has received their allocated allowances or bonus of over $10,000 for the wins over Botswana, Burundi and Cameroon.

The players boycotted training on Wednesday evening, prompting the NFF to act swiftly in order to prevent another strike before the match against Zambia on Friday.

[Odas]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62243685

nah wah for NFF

None of the Super Falcons players has received their allocated allowances or bonus of over $10,000 for the wins over Botswana, Burundi and Cameroon.

The players boycotted training on Wednesday evening, prompting the NFF to act swiftly in order to prevent another strike before the match against Zambia on Friday

Why is this type of thing happening all the time? When will these issues stop? Haven't we had enough of these craps, or disgrace? Na wa-oo!

[packerland]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62243685

nah wah for NFF

None of the Super Falcons players has received their allocated allowances or bonus of over $10,000 for the wins over Botswana, Burundi and Cameroon.

The players boycotted training on Wednesday evening, prompting the NFF to act swiftly in order to prevent another strike before the match against Zambia on Friday.

Very shameful. We want professional athletes but we don’t treat them professionally. Pinnick still has to go!

[Enugu II]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62243685

nah wah for NFF

None of the Super Falcons players has received their allocated allowances or bonus of over $10,000 for the wins over Botswana, Burundi and Cameroon.

The players boycotted training on Wednesday evening, prompting the NFF to act swiftly in order to prevent another strike before the match against Zambia on Friday.

Very shameful. We want professional athletes but we don’t treat them professionally. Pinnick still has to go!

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown but I have worked in top state office in Nigeria and there is mire than meets the eye. For instance, relying on the state office to release funds for payments like this can be uncertain and more often unpredictable.

[mcal]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62243685

nah wah for NFF

None of the Super Falcons players has received their allocated allowances or bonus of over $10,000 for the wins over Botswana, Burundi and Cameroon.

The players boycotted training on Wednesday evening, prompting the NFF to act swiftly in order to prevent another strike before the match against Zambia on Friday.

Very shameful. We want professional athletes but we don’t treat them professionally. Pinnick still has to go!

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown but I have worked in top state office in Nigeria and there is mire than meets the eye. For instance, relying on the state office to release funds for payments like this can be uncertain and more often unpredictable.

...was the fund not budgeted for?
This tournament was planned over a year ago or longer therefore there is not a reason for not being prompt at meeting stated objectives.
Nigeria is just messed up.
Picknic come and go, another Picknic-like will come and continue this mess all because there was never punitive punishment.

[Enugu II]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62243685

nah wah for NFF

None of the Super Falcons players has received their allocated allowances or bonus of over $10,000 for the wins over Botswana, Burundi and Cameroon.

The players boycotted training on Wednesday evening, prompting the NFF to act swiftly in order to prevent another strike before the match against Zambia on Friday.

Very shameful. We want professional athletes but we don’t treat them professionally. Pinnick still has to go!

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown but I have worked in top state office in Nigeria and there is mire than meets the eye. For instance, relying on the state office to release funds for payments like this can be uncertain and more often unpredictable.

...was the fund not budgeted for?
This tournament was planned over a year ago or longer therefore there is not a reason for not being prompt at meeting stated objectives.
Nigeria is just messed up.
Picknic come and go, another Picknic-like will come and continue this mess all because there was never punitive punishment.

I am certain funds had been long budgeted. The challenge is actually making it available for use. Government finds can be hellish getting to with all kinds of delays, broken promises. It is just plain ridiculous.

[packerland]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62243685

nah wah for NFF

None of the Super Falcons players has received their allocated allowances or bonus of over $10,000 for the wins over Botswana, Burundi and Cameroon.

The players boycotted training on Wednesday evening, prompting the NFF to act swiftly in order to prevent another strike before the match against Zambia on Friday.

Very shameful. We want professional athletes but we don’t treat them professionally. Pinnick still has to go!

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown but I have worked in top state office in Nigeria and there is mire than meets the eye. For instance, relying on the state office to release funds for payments like this can be uncertain and more often unpredictable.

...was the fund not budgeted for?
This tournament was planned over a year ago or longer therefore there is not a reason for not being prompt at meeting stated objectives.
Nigeria is just messed up.
Picknic come and go, another Picknic-like will come and continue this mess all because there was never punitive punishment.

I am certain funds had been long budgeted. The challenge is actually making it available for use. Government finds can be hellish getting to with all kinds of delays, broken promises. It is just plain ridiculous.

The money is available, they just want the players to forget about it (eye on the bigger prize). Why is it that these things always end up with the players missing 1-2 practices and all of a sudden the funds appear before game day?

[Enugu II]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62243685

nah wah for NFF

None of the Super Falcons players has received their allocated allowances or bonus of over $10,000 for the wins over Botswana, Burundi and Cameroon.

The players boycotted training on Wednesday evening, prompting the NFF to act swiftly in order to prevent another strike before the match against Zambia on Friday.

Very shameful. We want professional athletes but we don’t treat them professionally. Pinnick still has to go!

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown but I have worked in top state office in Nigeria and there is mire than meets the eye. For instance, relying on the state office to release funds for payments like this can be uncertain and more often unpredictable.

...was the fund not budgeted for?
This tournament was planned over a year ago or longer therefore there is not a reason for not being prompt at meeting stated objectives.
Nigeria is just messed up.
Picknic come and go, another Picknic-like will come and continue this mess all because there was never punitive punishment.

I am certain funds had been long budgeted. The challenge is actually making it available for use. Government finds can be hellish getting to with all kinds of delays, broken promises. It is just plain ridiculous.

The money is available, they just want the players to forget about it (eye on the bigger prize). Why is it that these things always end up with the players missing 1-2 practices and all of a sudden the funds appear before game day?

Let's hope it does. Sometimes, if it is already released it will appear. If not they may have we to push it further and force money to pushed from elsewhere. Fortunately, the Minister was not one of those who sought nomination for Presidency.

[jette1]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62243685

nah wah for NFF

None of the Super Falcons players has received their allocated allowances or bonus of over $10,000 for the wins over Botswana, Burundi and Cameroon.

The players boycotted training on Wednesday evening, prompting the NFF to act swiftly in order to prevent another strike before the match against Zambia on Friday.

Very shameful. We want professional athletes but we don’t treat them professionally. Pinnick still has to go!

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown but I have worked in top state office in Nigeria and there is mire than meets the eye. For instance, relying on the state office to release funds for payments like this can be uncertain and more often unpredictable.

...was the fund not budgeted for?
This tournament was planned over a year ago or longer therefore there is not a reason for not being prompt at meeting stated objectives.
Nigeria is just messed up.
Picknic come and go, another Picknic-like will come and continue this mess all because there was never punitive punishment.

I am certain funds had been long budgeted. The challenge is actually making it available for use. Government finds can be hellish getting to with all kinds of delays, broken promises. It is just plain ridiculous.

Enugu 11 but you are taking a rather simplistic route to an issue that demands and requires a more enterprising approach. In a big football nation and the richest nation in Africa per GDP one expected to see anything but a governmental dictated dealings which we all know amounts to growth shackling, conflicts of interests and uncivilized politicking. There are enough fortune 500 companies or at least imitations of such operating all over Nigeria that would be more than willing to have their logo on the falcons promotion platforms. Even CE has enough numbers to bank roll the player's bonuses for a tournament like wafcon. It's high time all our boastful intellectuals and businessmen on CE stood up and be counted.

[mcal]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62243685

nah wah for NFF

None of the Super Falcons players has received their allocated allowances or bonus of over $10,000 for the wins over Botswana, Burundi and Cameroon.

The players boycotted training on Wednesday evening, prompting the NFF to act swiftly in order to prevent another strike before the match against Zambia on Friday.

Very shameful. We want professional athletes but we don’t treat them professionally. Pinnick still has to go!

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown but I have worked in top state office in Nigeria and there is mire than meets the eye. For instance, relying on the state office to release funds for payments like this can be uncertain and more often unpredictable.

...was the fund not budgeted for?
This tournament was planned over a year ago or longer therefore there is not a reason for not being prompt at meeting stated objectives.
Nigeria is just messed up.
Picknic come and go, another Picknic-like will come and continue this mess all because there was never punitive punishment.

I am certain funds had been long budgeted. The challenge is actually making it available for use. Government finds can be hellish getting to with all kinds of delays, broken promises. It is just plain ridiculous.

...sad we don't have a watchdog-like agency to ask and investigate stuff like this that occurs often.

[folem]

This will sadly continue for a long time. The NFF cannot be dependent on the government for funding player bonuses. It is either they have enough private sponsorship that can pay what they can afford to pay as bonuses or same of same.

[wanaj0]

This will sadly continue for a long time. The NFF cannot be dependent on the government for funding player bonuses. It is either they have enough private sponsorship that can pay what they can afford to pay as bonuses or same of same.

FIFA does not want government interference. Why should government be budgeting for bonus. Olympics is the one that government gets involved in via the National Olympic Committee.

NFF should be held responsible. They are the one that get all the FIFA money, entered for competition and should be the one to source for funds for it.

Government does not make budget for NFF. NFF does not submit its budget to National Assembly.

[Lolly]

This will sadly continue for a long time. The NFF cannot be dependent on the government for funding player bonuses. It is either they have enough private sponsorship that can pay what they can afford to pay as bonuses or same of same.

FIFA does not want government interference. Why should government be budgeting for bonus. Olympics is the one that government gets involved in via the National Olympic Committee.

NFF should be held responsible. They are the one that get all the FIFA money, entered for competition and should be the one to source for funds for it.

Government does not make budget for NFF. NFF does not submit its budget to National Assembly.

Exactly.

And the annoying thing is the NFF make decent enough money from sponsors and media rights to fund itself and pay match day bonuses but they don’t spent the money they make wisely. There is a lot of abuse and corruption going on.

[Enugu II]

This will sadly continue for a long time. The NFF cannot be dependent on the government for funding player bonuses. It is either they have enough private sponsorship that can pay what they can afford to pay as bonuses or same of same.

FIFA does not want government interference. Why should government be budgeting for bonus. Olympics is the one that government gets involved in via the National Olympic Committee.

NFF should be held responsible. They are the one that get all the FIFA money, entered for competition and should be the one to source for funds for it.

Government does not make budget for NFF. NFF does not submit its budget to National Assembly.

Exactly.

And the annoying thing is the NFF make decent enough money from sponsors and media rights to fund itself and pay match day bonuses but they don’t spent the money they make wisely. There is a lot of abuse and corruption going on.

Lolly,

You might have a point here!! Clearly, there are many sporting teams that the NFF handles and they do not come cheap. However, the NFF has boasted about access to all kinds of sponsorships. That clearly leads to the issue that you note -- how wisely is the NFF spending the funds at its disposal? The NFF notes that its long term solution to these problems is getting away from depending on direct state funding but if the same NFF has claimed that it has large funding from private sources + FIFA subventions then one has to really ask the question that you just raised.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

I don’t think people realize how poor of a country Nigeria really is these days. There’s no way the FGN has the money, if they did funds will be available already. In fact, I don’t see how Nigeria was able to arrows to even get to Morocco.

[Lolly]

This will sadly continue for a long time. The NFF cannot be dependent on the government for funding player bonuses. It is either they have enough private sponsorship that can pay what they can afford to pay as bonuses or same of same.

FIFA does not want government interference. Why should government be budgeting for bonus. Olympics is the one that government gets involved in via the National Olympic Committee.

NFF should be held responsible. They are the one that get all the FIFA money, entered for competition and should be the one to source for funds for it.

Government does not make budget for NFF. NFF does not submit its budget to National Assembly.

Exactly.

And the annoying thing is the NFF make decent enough money from sponsors and media rights to fund itself and pay match day bonuses but they don’t spent the money they make wisely. There is a lot of abuse and corruption going on.

Lolly,

You might have a point here!! Clearly, there are many sporting teams that the NFF handles and they do not come cheap. However, the NFF has boasted about access to all kinds of sponsorships. That clearly leads to the issue that you note -- how wisely is the NFF spending the funds at its disposal? The NFF notes that its long term solution to these problems is getting away from depending on direct state funding but if the same NFF has claimed that it has large funding from private sources + FIFA subventions then one has to really ask the question that you just raised.

NFF have always got a clean bill of health from their auditors PWC but you would never see any detailed audit report since Amaju came into power in 2014. A thorough and independent audit would expose Amaju and his boys.

[joao]

This is what happens when people go into national organizations simply to make money
and not to serve. It's when we get sports administrators who are in the position to help
develop the different institutions that this silliness will stop.
We need people who have made it, and simply enthusiastic about sports.

[DIMKA76]

Someone must have stolen his handle toention corruption in Government
Them never drop for you?

[folem]

This will sadly continue for a long time. The NFF cannot be dependent on the government for funding player bonuses. It is either they have enough private sponsorship that can pay what they can afford to pay as bonuses or same of same.

FIFA does not want government interference. Why should government be budgeting for bonus. Olympics is the one that government gets involved in via the National Olympic Committee.

NFF should be held responsible. They are the one that get all the FIFA money, entered for competition and should be the one to source for funds for it.

Government does not make budget for NFF. NFF does not submit its budget to National Assembly.

Government intervention is different from interference. U obviously know that.

[scholl]

I don’t think people realize how poor of a country Nigeria really is these days. There’s no way the FGN has the money, if they did funds will be available already. In fact, I don’t see how Nigeria was able to arrows to even get to Morocco.

Well said. I’m unsure whether folks realize this or suffering from an acute case of denial. Everything that happens is a result of the regression and degradation that’s been going become too apparent in the last 30 years, and more rapidly on the last 15 years.

[Damunk]

I don’t think people realize how poor of a country Nigeria really is these days. There’s no way the FGN has the money, if they did funds will be available already. In fact, I don’t see how Nigeria was able to arrows to even get to Morocco.

Well said. I’m unsure whether folks realize this or suffering from an acute case of denial. Everything that happens is a result of the regression and degradation that’s been going become too apparent in the last 30 years, and more rapidly on the last 15 years.

I agree 100%.
People are talking about an “abundance of corporate sponsors” as if they are not part of the deflated Nigerian economy.
Has anyone ever tried attracting sponsors for events in Nigeria?
It’s not beans I can tell you.

Meanwhile wasn't it a major sponsor that defaulted on its commitments to Rohr’s salary, explaining that it’s oil pipelines were being attacked in the Niger Delta?

Private sponsorship is no magic wand. This is Nigeria.