Rohr’s Salary Will Be Cleared Soon – NFF Assures
Germot Rohr, Super Eagles Technical Adviser[/caption]
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has expressed optimism that the salaries and allowances of Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr will be paid in no distant time.
The Franco-German tactician is being owed three month salary, but however has been able to handle the situation diplomatically, by not letting it distract the teams run in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
A top official of the NFF said the football body is finding it difficult to pay the salary of the coach because sponsors who had earlier promised to handle the situation withdrew at the tail end.
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The NFF however assured that the three months arrears owed Rohr, will be cleared soon as partners and sponsors have given them a lifeline.
‘’It is unfortunate that the status of a Government official in the oil sector sector changed, if not, we’ll not be talking about the non-payment of Rohr’s salary. There was a solid agreement that the oil company would foot the bills of the foreign technical adviser as their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),” the official was quoted as saying by the Vanguard.
“It was based on it that we went for Rohr and the coach has justified his employment without defeat on the Eagles since he was hired. Due to changes in government that affected the status of the man driving the oil companies, they too, have backtracked from honoring their pledge on the salary of Rohr.
‘’As we talk, am sure that his salaries will be cleared. We’ve gotten promises from partners and sponsors and we’ll not waste time in clearing his salaries. He (Rohr) has shown faith and understanding with us and we honestly appreciate his professionalism and focus on qualifying Nigeria for the World Cup as well as the Africa Cup of Nations. We can only appeal to Nigerians not to distract him from his set objectives’’, the source added.
