NFF Has Abandoned Us, I Have Not Been Paid For 5 Months, Siasia Cries Out
Samson Siasia[/caption]
Similar to the case of former Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, Nigeria U-23 Dream coach Samson Siasia has revealed that he has not been paid for 5 months.
Siasia and his boys are currently camped in Atlanta, USA ahead of the Olympic Games, as the Dream Team VI are expected to participate in the men’s football event of the Olympics.
According to the former Super Eagles forward, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) owes him and the coaches five months’ salary arrears, while no allowance has been paid to the team in the last five months.
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He lamented that the coaches and the players are barely surviving in the U.S camp, while he called on the government to quickly intervene, as the Olympics is just 10 days away.
“We are being owed backlog of allowances and wages in the last five months. No single kobo has been pay to the team as at today,” Siasia said.
“I’m pleading with the NFF and the Ministry of Sports to pay us our salaries. They should pay us before the Olympics. We are suffering. No fund at all, even we have not received the tickets to go to Brazil from here.
“The team have suffered too much. There is no encouragement to show for our patriotism to the country, we will not hold the country to ransom by threatening not to play our matches, but the government has to come to our rescue.
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“I know that by the time the Olympics will be over, our monies will not be paid.”
The Olympics begins officially on 5 August, Nigeria will play their first match of the Games against Japan on 4 August.
