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NFF president, Amaju Pinnick abandons players in Abuja, jets to London

 
 
A player anonymously claimed that each member of the Super Falcons squad is being owed N11.3m ($23,650).
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The Super Falcons are still on a sit-in protest at the Agura Hotel, Abuja over their unpaid allowances and bonuses from the 2016 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations which they won.

Amidst the protest, the NFF president, Pinnick and Sports Minister Solomon Dalung have flown to London where they are expected to sign a new kit deal with Nike.

The Super Falcons players have insisted that they will not leave the hotel until they are paid their bonuses and allowances.

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A player anonymously claimed that each member of the Super Falcons squad is being owed N11.3m ($23,650).

Some of the players also claimed that the NFF president snubbed them in Cameroon.

Pinnick was at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos to receive the Super Falcons when they arrived from Cameroon on Sunday, December 4.

At a reception afterwards the NFF boss told that the federation is trying all they can to pay the Super Falcons.

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“You know the situation in the country right now, things are hard and all the sectors have been badly affected, including sports,” Pinnick told Pulse Sports.

“We understand what the players have gone through, we are trying our best.”

NB:$1=N485

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