President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau has assured Nigerians that the contract issues of Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro and that of the Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum will be resolved in September ahead of the next 2023 AFCON and Paris 2024 Olympics qualifying games for both national teams,
“Nigerians should not lose sleep ahead of the Super Eagles match against Sao Tome next month as well as the Super Falcons Olympic Games qualifiers as the Federation is doing everything humanly possible to resolve the contract issues of Jose Peseiro and Randy Waldrum,” Gusau stated while addressing Nigeria’s House Committee on Sports.
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“I have directed the Technical Committee of the NFF to do a thorough job and come up with recommendations that Nigerians would be happy about. We are on top of the situation as regards the Super Eagles coach. Nigerians will know our position before the match against Sao Tome and that would be based on the recommendation of the Technical Committee. We will come up with a decision that Nigerians will be happy about”.
“On the Super Falcons, the focus now shifts to the Olympic qualifiers. We will follow due diligence and due process after the experts in the Technical Committee would have done their job.”
Gusau further assured that nobody would shortchange the Super Falcons in whatever is due them and added that those who raised the issue of bonus in Australia during the team’s campaign at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup only did so to distract the team from the task of doing well in the tournament.
“I m happy that the girls focused on the tournament and performed very well and we are very proud of the team. The NFF under my watch will not shortchange any player or official. We shall pay every money we owe as soon as money is made available. We shall promptly resolve Super Falcons’ financial grievances,” the NFF president assured.
Gusau announced that each Super Falcons player would receive a sum of $60,000 due to their commendable performance of reaching the round of 16 at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
He assured that as soon as the World Cup funds from FIFA are received, the players and officials would be paid their rightful dues.
Meanwhile, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Gusau, and General Secretary Dr Sanusi Mohammed on Tuesday departed the country for Australia to attend the FIFA congress which will hold before the final of the 2023 Women’s World Cup finals this weekend.
It is expected that FIFA President Gianni Infantino will brief the FIFA Congress to thank the member associations for their continued support and make pledges for the future to ensure the continued growth of the global game.
Infantino is also expected to outline the key areas of development, on and off the pitch, that FIFA will achieve over the next four years.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
