NFF Set For Collision Course With Super Eagles As Pinnick Reveals Players Will Be Paid In Naira

The Nigeria Football Federation are set for a collision course with the Super Eagles stars after the President of the NFF, Amaju Pinnick revealed that the players will be paid their bonuses in the local currency, a move that has been resisted by the national team players in the past.

The Super Eagles players stand to lose if they are paid in Naira because there is a gap between the official and parallel market rates.

It is confirmed that the Nigeria players were paid their allowances in dollars when they traveled to Singapore for the glamour friendly against Brazil in October 2019.

"The players when they play in Nigeria, their bonuses have been in Naira," Pinnick told Channels Television. 

"When they play abroad they'll be paid in dollars but that I won't tell you because we are going to take so many difficult discussions that will go across board because we need to promote our fiscal policy.

"If the government is saying that we need to strengthen our Naira we shouldn't be paying dollars. We are are integral part of the government."

One of the clauses in Gernot Rohr's proposed new contract stipulates that the German coach will be paid his salary in Naira.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel