A total of four hundred and thirty million naira has being mapped out
for Super Eagles ahead of the AFCON 2021 and FIFA World Cup 2022
qualifiers.
President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick,
disclosed this while reacting to financial state of the football body
in a Lagos state.
He said they are aware of government spending on the COVID-19 pandemic
ravaging the world and have been able to save about one point one
million dollars to ensure the national teams prosecute their
qualifying games.
He added that unlike some other countries that have fewer national
teams, they have about thirteen national teams as Nigerians want to
win at all times.
Speaking on the five hundred thousand dollars largesse from the world
football governing body, Amaju said the fund is mean’t for development
of football in the country, adding that Football Associations are due
for such periodical fund, adding that FIFA has picked Football
Associations worldwide at random to ensure that the funds are
judiciously spent on football.
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