The coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro will be smiling to the bank soon following the approval of his backlog of salaries ahead of the start of the Africa Cup of Nations, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Peseiro’s salary hasn’t been regular with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) struggling to meet up with paying him as and at when due on a deal, which was agreed with the former board of the NFF under Amaju Pinnick and former sports minister Sunday Dare, who claimed he has gotten approval for the salaries of the coach to be paid by the federal government.
Dare’s statement didn’t materialize leaving new minister for sports development Senator John Enoh with the task of honouring the pledge, which has now come to reality with the approval of $1.3m for his unpaid wages by the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Also players of the team have been given a huge boost with their unpaid match bonuses from 2001 totaling 26 matches also among the items approved by the president, averting a potential strike ahead of the AFCON.
The funds were part of the submission made by the NFF in conjunction with the sports ministry ahead of the team’s campaign at the Africa Cup of Nations, which begins on the 13th of January in Cote d’Ivoire.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
