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The Federal House of Representatives on Wednesday adjourned the investigation on the matter concerning the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the Super Falcons till next week August 30th, 2023.
The matter was initially meant to be taken up on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, but was postponed following the absence of the NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau, and Secretary, General, Sanusi Mohammed)
However, the two bigwigs in NFF showed up on Thursday and took the oath with the Holy Quran before the commencement of the proceeding at the instance of the committee chairman, Honourable Blessing Onuh Onyeche.
The committee sought clarifications on conflicting information on the payment of players’ allowances and bonuses since 2019, the payment of $10,000 monthly salary by FIFA to the General Secretary, Sanusi Mohammed, the details of the Federal Government intervention funds, FIFA Grants, CAF subvention and sponsorship funds.
In a swift response, NFF boss, Gusau explained that all backlogs of unpaid winning bonuses and allowances of Super Falcons have been paid except one World Cup qualifier game between Ivory Coast and Nigeria (away match).
According to him, the players will be paid their allowances for the World Cup as soon as FIFA releases them to the body’s account.
Sanusi confirmed to the House that he gets a monthly operational cost of $10,000 monthly from FIFA following an agreement with former NFF boss, Amaju Pinnick.
Not satisfied with their presentations, the sitting was deferred to next Wednesday because the federation could not provide documents to substantiate their claims on payment of players and officials of Super Falcons.
Other documents to be provided before the next sitting of the Committee include; an invoice showing the purchase of a GPS Tracker and Installation of Scouting Software from the $960,000 from the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) meant for preparation of Super Falcons for the 2023 World Cup.
And the document containing the partnership agreement between the Federation and Euro Data (NFF’s Friendly Games partner), the invitation and agreement letters between the organizer of the Four Nation Tournament in Mexico and the NFF and other friendly matches.
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