Minister warns NFF to pay players’ salaries or...
Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, NSC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi yesterday directed the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to ensure that all football clubs participating in various football leagues in the country pay the backlogs of salaries owed players. [caption id="attachment_302215" align="alignnone" width="412"] L-r, Engr. Sani Ndanusa, President, NOC, Mallam Bolaji Abdulahi, Minister of Sports and Chairman, NSC and Dr. Patrick Ekeji, Director General, NSC at a press briefing addressed by the minister on the performance of team Nigeria so far in London. Photo by Sylva Eleanya.[/caption] According to him, teams that are unable or unwilling to pay should be barred from participating in the leagues as from next season. This was one of the outcomes of the meeting the Minister had with the Board members of the NFF, the League Management Company (LMC) and the Nigerian Women League. The meeting focused on the state of the lea...