joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]NFF is broke, says Amaju Pinnick[/size]



THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says it is currently finding it difficult to raise fund for all the national teams representing the country in different international championships because it is broke.

The NFF also disclosed that the present board is battling to repay a huge debt portfolio, which it inherited from the former board led by Aminu Maigari.
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NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, said yesterday in Abuja that the board has serious financial challenges, even as it works hard to ensure that the national teams get the best preparations to enable them do well in championships.

Pinnick, however, noted that the huge debt was not as a result of their recklessness, but because they were determined to give the national teams quality preparation for championships, which yielded positive results with the victories Nigeria recorded within the past four years. “We are facing very difficult times preparing all the national teams with little fund.

For example, to bring about 20 Super Eagles players to camp for a match takes between $80, 000 to $90, 000. Things are very difficult for us at the federation. In spite of that we are still trying to put certain things in order,” he said.

Pinnick also explained the situation that compelled the federation to sign the $750, 000 kit contract with Nike, confessing that the federation entered into negotiations with the sports wears outfit from a weak position.

He revealed that the NFF did the deal just for the purpose of securing kit sponsorship for the national teams after all other companies it earlier approached rejected it.

Pinnick also stated that the current position of the Super Eagles, as well as the fact the national team did not qualify for the last Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea also counted against the federation in the deal, where Nike’s responsibility would only be to supply kits worth $750,000 to the national teams for three and a-half year period.

Reacting to criticisms that trailed the contract, Amaju said the deal was the best the federation could get, stressing that it was in a very pitiable situation that even lesser companies were rejecting the country’s proposals. “I kept that contract to myself for a long time before I decided to share it with the secretariat. I can tell you that the last four years has been the best period of Nigerian football.’

Now we are supposed to be a choice candidate for corporate kit sponsors, but regrettably no sponsor wants to identify with us.

That is food for thought; we would not want to go into details. I spoke with almost every kit manufacturing company but no one was able to pen a deal with us. So when Nike came with their conditions, we said okay, why not. “We had serious challenges securing kit sponsors for our various teams.

I always rush to this office to approve money so that we can go and purchase Adidas jerseys’ that Nigeria would wear,” he said.[/b]

confun:
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safarigirl:
these people are always broke, wetin dem dey use money do? It's not like they organise top notch friendlies for any NT, they don't pay coaches and technical staff as at when due, they don't even have a foreign coach with a ridiculous salary on their payroll, so wetin dem dey use money do?

lexyman:



Please learn it ... But I will prefer u guys stick to your kind of celebration at the under 17 level it gives your opponent one kind funny feeling ,at thesamae time u were able to control the crowd with the style .shoki will not control d fan ....just my take .

AIG07:
I inherited debts, empty treasury from Maigari -Amaju
Our Reporter-From ROMANUS UGWU, Abuja
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
I inherited debts, empty treasury from Maigari -Amaju
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr. Pinnick Amaju, has revealed that his board is passing through difficult situation due to the volume of debt inherited from the Aminu Maigari-led board, urging Nigerians to understand the enormity of the financial challenges it is passing through to bankroll the national teams.
Speaking in a parley with journalists in Abuja, Amaju disclosed that, while it took the federation $8, 000 (about N1.72 million) to pick the flight ticket for each pro invited for a match, the federation spends between N90 million to N120 million to prosecute a match involving the Super Eagles.
According to him: "We are going through difficult times. People hear all kinds of stories of money or the other, yet nobody has asked where the federation is funding the participation of almost all the 13 national teams in international competitions.
"As for Super Eagles games, we know how much we spend on ticket alone if we invite 20 players for example. One player is about $8, 000 and it takes between N90 million to N120 million to prosecute a team. We should know that the harsh economic situation is affecting the corporate world and they are not redeeming their sponsorship.
"All the trainings we are conducting overseas were made possible through my connections with the corporate Nigerians. They really want us to succeed. It was not just going through the papers of the federation because I know how much debt we inherited coming into this federation. It was a lot of money, not because the former federation was reckless, but because they wanted to give the teams quality preparations," he said.
On the continued delay in his board relocating to the Sunday Dankaro House, new secretariat at the Package B of the Abuja National Stadium, Amaju blamed the delay on the civil service bureaucracy, explaining that the federation was still waiting for the Bureau of Public Procurement to endorse the company his board had selected.
His words: "We also know that whether we like it or not, we must respect the government and establish a healthy relationship and do things in line with all due process, especially as concerns moving to the football house. Yes, we got money and it is there but packing goes beyond the money.
"We should know that people tendered and made open presentation that we must have to look into. We have to go through the presentation in making sure that it conforms to the international best practices. We have chosen a company, but they must have to go through the due process."
On the Glass House, Pinnick said: "We are not going to abandon this Glass House, when we have other leagues that are independent. We are going to turn the Goal Project they are occupying now into a model hostel, where the junior teams can camp," he noted.

joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]Alfa: I Cried When My Name Wasn’t On The Flying Eagles 21[/size]



Flying Eagles midfielder Abdullahi Alfa has explained how he felt after he was excluded from the Flying Eagles’ 21-man squad for the FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand.

The 18-year-old has been an integral part of Manu Garba’s team right from the last U17’s and made the trip to Germany for the team’s training camp before the final squad was announced, but was conspicuously missing from the list.I feel for him sha, better luck next time dude

And he says he couldn’t eat the night he was told he wouldn’t be going to New Zealand.

“I was shocked,” he said. “I couldn’t eat that night when I was told I won’t be a part of the team.

“I cried all night and my teammates had to console me but it wasn’t enough because I had so much hope and expectation,” he said.

He however went on to say he’s now trying to look beyond the disappointment and focus on his future.

“It has happened and there is nothing I can do about it. I’m still a young player so now I have to concentrate on my future and my career.

“It was sad but it is not the end of the world so now I have to move on,” he stated.
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joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]Alfa: I Cried When My Name Wasn’t On The Flying Eagles 21[/size]



Flying Eagles midfielder Abdullahi Alfa has explained how he felt after he was excluded from the Flying Eagles’ 21-man squad for the FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand.

The 18-year-old has been an integral part of Manu Garba’s team right from the last U17’s and made the trip to Germany for the team’s training camp before the final squad was announced, but was conspicuously missing from the list.

And he says he couldn’t eat the night he was told he wouldn’t be going to New Zealand.

“I was shocked,” he said. “I couldn’t eat that night when I was told I won’t be a part of the team.

“I cried all night and my teammates had to console me but it wasn’t enough because I had so much hope and expectation,” he said.

He however went on to say he’s now trying to look beyond the disappointment and focus on his future.

“It has happened and there is nothing I can do about it. I’m still a young player so now I have to concentrate on my future and my career.

“It was sad but it is not the end of the world so now I have to move on,” he stated.
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EagleScribes:

I guess these posts on NFF ish should be for another thread.

Icon4s:


A good test match for Ghana. Nigeria should forget all those German U23 clubs and face some real tests too. Nothing wrong in playing 1 or 2 European/Asia/South American U20 sides.

confun:
I feel for him sha, better luck next time dude.

tbaba1234:
Southampton in for Musah Muhammed

Daninya11:
FIFA has rated Taiwo Awoniyi as one of the stars to watch out for to reach super stardom status as the world waits on the class of 2015 to take the center stage of global football; that offered the likes of Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi , later this month.

Early Thursday morning, the World governing body announced that a total of 504 players have been selected by the 24 teams taking part in the twentieth edition of the FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand.

Nigeria’s opponent, Brazil will unleash Manchester United’s youngster Andreas Pereira when the sides lock horns come 1st June. He is the star in the Seleção Sub-20 that Manu Garba’s technical hands must watch out for.


Meanwhile, FIFA says the Flying Eagles are the youngest squad heading into the competition alongside hosts New Zealand.

The New Zealand skipper is one of just seven players at the 2015 edition who have previously played at a U-20 World Cup. Yet despite this kind of experience, the Kiwis’ squad is one of the competition’s youngest, though Nigeria top this particular table with an average age of 18 years and nine months per FIFA.com

The oldest, meanwhile, are provided by the European duo of Germany and Ukraine.

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yahaya or bulbwa for nacho...not sure yet who between them will take d node..... Godwin 4 moses