By Kunle Mudasiru
The recurring bonus row has resurfaced again in the camp of Super Eagles as the players say they will not train or travel to Marrakech for their Quarter Final game against Algeria on Saturday unless their outstanding bonuses are paid.
The players according to an X (formerly Twitter) post by Nigerian journalist, Oluwashina Okeleji have not been paid any bonus since the start of the tournament, where they have won all of their four games so far.
They are saying that they want their bonuses from the games against Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and Mozambique paid, else they will not travel or train ahead of the game on Saturday.
Officials of the team are also not left out, and it is a similar situation to the one that happened during the World Cup qualifiers playoff, where the team refused to train ahead of the final game against DR Congo which they ended up losing.
Senior officials of the National Sports Commission (NSC) led by chairman Shehu Dikko will meet with the team in a bid to find a solution to this impasse, which is threatening to rock the team’s fine run at the tournament so far.
Officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will also be a part of the meeting in a bid to resolve the dispute.
However, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has reacted to the complaints, saying that the Central Bank, CBN, is processing the allowances of the Super Eagles players and the officials to individual banks.
