The Nigeria Football Federation has firmly denied recent claims circulating on social media suggesting that the body owed former Super Eagles captain and coach, Christian Chukwu, who died on Saturday.
One report in particular alleged that Chukwu was being owed $128,000 by the federation.
However, the NFF swiftly refuted the allegation through its General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, who maintained that no such debt exists in their records.
Responding to the viral post that accused the NFF of owing the 1980 Africa Cup of Nations-winning skipper the sum of $128,000, Dr. Sanusi stated, “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 also called on anyone in possession of authentic and verifiable documents that prove the NFF is owing any coach who served in the national teams over the last twenty years to present them.
“As a credible organization 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,” he added.
