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A Vanguard report is claiming that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) hasn't been able to pay the remunerations of Super Eagles' Gernot Rohr due to the disappointment of a top government official.
According to a top NFF official, some oil companies backed out of a deal with the NFF, leaving it high and dry.
‘’It is unfortunate that the status of a Government official in the oil sector sector changed, if not, we’ll not be talking about the non payment of Rohr’s salary. There was a solid agreement that the oil company would foot the bills of the foreign technical adviser as their Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR). It was based on it that we went for Rohr and the coach has justified his employment without defeat on the Eagles since he was hired. Due to changes in government that affected the status of the man driving the oil companies, they too, have backtracked from honoring their pledge on the salary of Rohr’’, the person said.
However, things are starting to look good in the past few weeks, he said.
"As we talk, am sure that his salaries will be cleared. We’ve gotten promises from partners and sponsors and we’ll not waste time in clearing his salaries. He(Rohr) has shown faith and understanding with us and we honestly appreciate his professionalism and focus on qualifying Nigeria for the World Cup as well as the Africa Cup of Nations. We can only appeal to Nigerians not to distract him from his set objectives’’, he noted.
According to a top NFF official, some oil companies backed out of a deal with the NFF, leaving it high and dry.
‘’It is unfortunate that the status of a Government official in the oil sector sector changed, if not, we’ll not be talking about the non payment of Rohr’s salary. There was a solid agreement that the oil company would foot the bills of the foreign technical adviser as their Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR). It was based on it that we went for Rohr and the coach has justified his employment without defeat on the Eagles since he was hired. Due to changes in government that affected the status of the man driving the oil companies, they too, have backtracked from honoring their pledge on the salary of Rohr’’, the person said.
However, things are starting to look good in the past few weeks, he said.
"As we talk, am sure that his salaries will be cleared. We’ve gotten promises from partners and sponsors and we’ll not waste time in clearing his salaries. He(Rohr) has shown faith and understanding with us and we honestly appreciate his professionalism and focus on qualifying Nigeria for the World Cup as well as the Africa Cup of Nations. We can only appeal to Nigerians not to distract him from his set objectives’’, he noted.
