Maigari Also In Attendance
Sports minister and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Bolaji Abdullahi, yesterday met with the Nigeria Football Federation hierarchy and all the members of the technical crew of the Super Eagles for several hours to deliberate on how to win the Africa Cup of Nations next year in South Africa.
The NFF team led by President Aminu Maigari also included the chairman of the technical committee, Chris Green, and General Secretary Musa Amadu; while Stephen Keshi led the technical crew that included Daniel Amokachi, Sylvanus Okpala, Ike Shorunmu and Houandinou Valere.
Top on the agenda for the meeting was how to raise money for the preparation and participation of the Super Eagles at South Africa 2013 and how to off-set the four-month salaries owed the coaches. A source who attended the meeting expressed satisfaction with what was discussed, saying that all parties agreed that they should appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan to bail out the football house with an intervention fund to start the team's full preparation.
"The truth is that both the NFF and the NSC after putting their cards on the table realised that there was no money to fund the preparation and participation of the national team to the Nations Cup in January next year, and that the only way out is to make a special appeal to Mr President for the release of funds to save the team from total embarrassment in South Africa," our source who craved for anonymity revealed.
Complete Sports gathered further that the ministry and the NFF confessed that they are broke and cannot raise
enough funds to even off-set the coaches’ salaries for three months, not to talk of raising enough money to fund the Eagles camping outside the country and participation in the championship next year.
Aside from that, the NFF is still battling how to meet the obligation of providing a decent private accommodation and an official car for the head coach of the Super Eagles almost one year after he was engaged to tinker the team.
The sports minister also charged the Eagles coaches not to be discouraged by the situation on the ground and promised to let President Jonathan know the position of things and the way out.
Sports minister and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Bolaji Abdullahi, yesterday met with the Nigeria Football Federation hierarchy and all the members of the technical crew of the Super Eagles for several hours to deliberate on how to win the Africa Cup of Nations next year in South Africa.
The NFF team led by President Aminu Maigari also included the chairman of the technical committee, Chris Green, and General Secretary Musa Amadu; while Stephen Keshi led the technical crew that included Daniel Amokachi, Sylvanus Okpala, Ike Shorunmu and Houandinou Valere.
Top on the agenda for the meeting was how to raise money for the preparation and participation of the Super Eagles at South Africa 2013 and how to off-set the four-month salaries owed the coaches. A source who attended the meeting expressed satisfaction with what was discussed, saying that all parties agreed that they should appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan to bail out the football house with an intervention fund to start the team's full preparation.
"The truth is that both the NFF and the NSC after putting their cards on the table realised that there was no money to fund the preparation and participation of the national team to the Nations Cup in January next year, and that the only way out is to make a special appeal to Mr President for the release of funds to save the team from total embarrassment in South Africa," our source who craved for anonymity revealed.
Complete Sports gathered further that the ministry and the NFF confessed that they are broke and cannot raise
enough funds to even off-set the coaches’ salaries for three months, not to talk of raising enough money to fund the Eagles camping outside the country and participation in the championship next year.
Aside from that, the NFF is still battling how to meet the obligation of providing a decent private accommodation and an official car for the head coach of the Super Eagles almost one year after he was engaged to tinker the team.
The sports minister also charged the Eagles coaches not to be discouraged by the situation on the ground and promised to let President Jonathan know the position of things and the way out.
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