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Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Aminu Maigari met the team on Wednesday night in Windhoek to explain to them that the organisation is broke and so the drastic cuts in their expenditure.
Last week, local media reported there was a players’ revolt in Kenya over the bonus when the Super Eagles beat the home team 1-0 in another 2014 World Cup qualifier.
The players wanted to be paid $10,000 each for the win in Nairobi but several officials rejected the claims.
The cash-strapped NFF have been forced to cut back on backroom staff of the various national teams, including the Super Eagles, after an expensive Africa Cup of Nations campaign in South Africa.
They had even considered pulling out of the 2014 Championship of African Nations (CHAN) for players in the local league because of poor finances before a change of heart. The African champions were due to fly out of Windhoek to Johannesburg yesterday bound for Sao Paulo.
They will then fly to Belo Horizonte, venue of their opening match of the Confederations Cup against Tahiti on Monday.
Namibia’s Brave Warriors held Nigeria in a feisty 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifying game in Windhoek on Wednesday.
Missing a slew of first-team players through suspension, illness and injury, Namibia struggled early to cope with the pace and power of the West Africans and were almost behind as early as the first minute when Ahmed Musa failed to hit the target from five yards.
Nigeria continued to dominate but found clear cut opportunities difficult to come by.
The Namibians meanwhile continued to threaten on the break with little to show for their efforts as the first half ended goalless.
The second half followed a similar pattern with the Nigerians controlling the play without really threatening in the final third. — SuperSport
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