2022 Flamingoes go begging due to failed promises and unpaid allowances

The Nigeria U-17 girls’s World Cup group to India have opened up on their agony over unpaid bonuses and unfulfilled guarantees.

Two months after beating Germany to complete third on the U-17 Ladies’s World Cup, gamers and officers of the Flamingos are but to obtain their allowances.

Whereas their tenting allowances from February 6 to June 5, 2022, had been paid, the group’s bonuses for qualifying matches they performed in opposition to Congo, Egypt and Ethiopia had been but to be paid.

Nigeria media outlet, Punch, in an unique interview with a few of the gamers who begged to stay nameless stated they might not afford to purchase a sock for family members after the match.

“Since I returned from the World Cup in August I haven’t visited my house state as a result of no person will consider a World Cup participant can’t even purchase socks for her associates.

“We performed eight qualifiers to qualify for the World Cup and we got simply N50,000 every for qualification. On the World Cup correct, we had been paid simply $500 as camp allowance, whereas the NFF pledged to pay us our bonuses.

As I communicate with you, we haven’t heard from them. I couldn’t ship something house to my household for the Christmas and New 12 months celebrations.” One of many girls additionally stated.

Dare Ogun