Bonus committee won’t interfere with NFF - Oshuntokun
Akin Oshuntokun, a member of the committee to investigate the match bonus row in the Super Eagles, said that the committee would not interfere with the Nigeria Football Federation’s job. The body was set up by the Sports minister, Bolaji Abdulahi to unearth the cause of a recent bonus row in the Super Eagles after their World Cup 2014 qualifier against Namibia. [caption id="attachment_403610" align="alignright" width="250"] Akin Oshuntokun[/caption] According to Oshuntokun, who was a former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the panel will only abide by its terms of reference. He said that the issue on ground was not complicated for the committee to handle or for Nigerians to see their job as clashing with that of the NFA. “I don’t understand what people mean by `government interfe-rence. Govern-ment interference in football is not an end in its self; it depends on the purpose that interference is serving. If the government provides a ...