A probe panel on the Super Eagles bonus row has fingered coach
Stephen Keshi as part of the embarrassment and said he should be warned.
The African champions almost failed to turn up for the FIFA
Confederations Cup in Brazil in June after the players insisted they be
paid more than what the broke Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) planned
to pay them for two World Cup qualifiers in Kenya and Namibia.
“Keshi was part of the problem as regards the bonus saga in Namibia.
He stood to lose money if the bonus was slashed as proposed by the NFF
and so he needs to be warned about his role in that ugly episode,” a top
official told MTNFootball.com
The panel will submit several ground-breaking recommendations to the country’s sports minister in Abuja Thursday afternoon.
MTNFootball.com reports that among these recommendations are no more cash payments for match bonuses to the national teams as
has been the case. Players and officials will be paid through their
banks.
Draw bonuses should be abolished. Players will only be paid bonuses
for winning a game, while participation fees will be paid for all
national team engagements.
Coaches will negotiate their bonuses and will be paid a lump sum as
qualification bonuses henceforth and not match bonuses. This is to
ensure that the coaches are more professional in the discharge of their
duties and have set targets to meet.
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