Falcons battle NFF over $16,500-a-player bonus

Nigeria’s Super Falcons, record eight-time African champions, are set for a showdown with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the payment of their win bonus from this year’s AWCON in Cameroun, which is put at $16,500-a-player.
The Falcons defeated hosts Cameroun 1-0 on Saturday to retain their continental crown in front of a devastated sell-out crowd in Yaounde.
However, they are yet to be paid a kobo whether as camp allowance or match bonus, top team officials have revealed.
Besides the allowances, the Falcons are due $3,000 each for a win in the group stage of the AWCON, while victory in the semi-finals will earn them another $4,000.
They are to receive another $5,000 each for beating Cameroun in the championship decider.
This format means that each player is entitled to $16,500 as they won two group games ($6,000), drew with Ghana in another group game ($1,500), before they defeated South Africa in the semi-final($4,000) and then retained their championship with victory in the final against Cameroon ($5,000).
The broke NFF have in the last few weeks sent off various national teams with ridiculous sums of cash.
The Nigeria U-19 team to the Suwon International Tournament in South Korea were paid N5,000 each on their return, while the country’s team to the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Papua New Guinea received N30,000 per player after they protested a proposed N 10,000 stipend