Sports minister Solomon Dalung has made it very clear government will not pay the salaries of a foreign coach for the Super Eagles.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are pushing for a foreign coach to take charge of the Super Eagles ahead of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, which begin in October, after the three-time African champions failed to qualify for the AFCON a second straight time.
According to reports “The minister made it very clear during his meeting with the NFF on Tuesday that the government will not pay for a foreign coach and he does not expect the NFF to use the subvention they receive from the government to pay such a coach.”
The minister further charge the NFF to get back to him with how they intend to pay for a foreign coach.
NFF president Amaju Pinnick has been quoted as saying he will get a private company to offset the salaries of a foreign coach.
The NFF had earlier announced that the salaries of Sunday Oliseh will be borne by a top commercial bank, but by the time the coach quit his post he was owed three months’ pay.
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