Nigerian Football Body NFF Denies Owing Late Christian Chukwu $128,000 Debts, Calls For Proof
Recall that Chukwu passed away on Saturday at the age of 74 on Saturday.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has denied claims suggesting that the football body owed late former Super Eagles captain and coach, Christian Chukwu.
Recall that Chukwu passed away on Saturday at the age of 74 on Saturday.
Chukwu’s former Nigeria teammate and friend, Dr. Olusegun Odegbami, had confirmed the sad news.
A viral report had alleged that the football body was indebted to Chukwu to the tune of $128,000.
Reacting, the NFF’s General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, disclaimed the report. He asserted that there is no such record in the federation’s files.
He said: “There is no record in the NFF of any outstanding indebtedness to ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu. During the first term of the Board headed by Mr. Amaju Pinnick, a committee was set up to diligently peruse the papers of coaches who were being owed, even from previous NFF administrations.
“That committee was given the clear mandate to verify all debts and ensure that the coaches being owed were paid immediately. I am aware that ‘Chairman’ was in the employ of the NFF between 2002 and 2005, before he was relieved of the post following the 1-1 draw with Angola in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Kano in August 2005. There is certainly no record of indebtedness to him in the NFF.”
Sanusi challenged anyone with genuine and verifiable documents of NFF indebtedness to any coach, who has worked with any of the National Teams over the past two decades, to come forward and tender those documents.
“As a credible organisation that is very much alive to its responsibilities, if we are confronted with any genuine document of indebtedness to any coach, we will offset the debt immediately.”
