By Daily Sports on February 5, 2016

Barrister Christopher Green, chairman of the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has hit out coach Sunday Oliseh following his burst after the country’s appalling at the African Nations Championship.

Against all odds, the Super Eagles were shown the exit door after the group stage in Rwanda after losing to Guinea, and coach Oliseh claimed his team failed because they were owed camp allowances and match bonuses by the NFF.

In his reaction, Green feels the Super Eagles handler was unfair to the country’s football governing body and stating that his claims are mere groundless excuses and assured that the debts would be settled as soon as possible.

“I don’t think it is very fair to the NFF that Sunday Oliseh will say the team was not motivated. Of course, he sent his programme to the NFF, for him to camp in Nigeria as well as Pretoria in South Africa and that programme was executed. In South Africa, he had good matches to play, which he played,” Green told The Cable.

“These were part of the preparations for the CHAN tournament. Ordinarily, in a tournament where one will have domestic players, one would have said they should remain in the country and prepare.

“But in this case, in total obedience to the programme of the coach, they had to leave Nigeria and went to Pretoria. And so, I will not want to say that the NFF did not motivate the team.

“What about Samson Siasia’s team that played all the way to the final and won the cup without being paid their match bonuses and allowances? What about Emmanuel Amuneke that played till the final and won the World Cup in Chile without being paid?

“Also, what about the girls that went to Namibia and won? They all know that their money will be paid to them. And I can assure you that very soon, all debts will be cleared when the NFF receives its money.”

“It is quite unfortunate that Oliseh will say that. I think if that kind of story is true or false, it’s not for public consumption. That’s not good management,” he continued.

“If there’s anything like that, that matter should be proper dealt inside. It is not something that should be peddled for the citizens to hear. It is like you are more or less instigating the players against their managers over unpaid debts.

“But what I can assure you is that every players that’s owed will be paid to the last kobo. We have a president that is so passionate, that is so concerned about the welfare of players, especially players of the national teams.

“He will be working round the clock to make sure that he gets money from anywhere to settle all these debts, so that by the next time we will be talking, you will hear that all debts have been settled,” he concluded.

•Text courtesy of goal.com. Photo shows NFF Technical Committee Chairman Chris Green.

Source Daily Sports

Posted February 5, 2016

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