Golden Eaglets Players Plan Street Protest Over Unpaid Match Bonus, Allowance

  Golden Eaglets Players Plan Street Protest Over Unpaid Match Bonus, Allowance By Admin Despite receiving annual youth development grants from FIFA, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is reportedly still owing players and officials of the Golden Eaglets to the Brazil 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Players of the 2019 Eaglets squad lamented over the inability of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to settle their bonuses they ought to have collected before the World Cup in Brazil even as they appealed to the football house to pay up the debt lest they’ll be forced to protest openly. “We’re not surprised that the NFF has refused to pay us our reward for our labour maybe because we have not gone to the streets to protest like the girls who had long been paid,” a source who craved anonymity told NationSports. “The cry of the innocent shall continue to hunt NFF unless they clear our money of over 18 months running.” When contacted, the NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, neither confirm nor deny if the 2019 Golden Eaglets were being owed even as he urged the media to concentrate on more important issues. “I don’t why this should be a problem to journalists. Some of the people who do it, do it for mischief because if journalists are owed several months salaries, they'll keep quiet and don’t say anything, why should they be interested in other people’s salaries and payment? Why can’t they fight for their own?” Sanusi stated. “I will not like to comment on that one. The best thing is to call the technical department.” Sanusi, however, seeks cooperation of stakeholders including journalists in order to move football forward in the country. “We are doing everything possible to move Nigerian football forward but we cannot do it alone. We need the cooperation of everybody including you members of the media for us to achieve that,” he concluded. The Golden Eaglets were sent packing by from FIFA U17 World Cup in Brazil by Netherlands after a1-3 loss. Sontje Hansen's hat-trick condemned the West African nation to defeat in their Round of 16 fixture at Estadio Olimpico Pedro Ludovico.