Lagoscityreporters.com is a web-based news and entertainment portal established to deliver cutting edge, incisive and knowledge-driven journalism practicelagoscityreporters.com is mandated to drive this vision through online journalism.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of N12 billion, which is a backlog of various debts owed to the nation’s national teams, including the Super Eagles.
The payment is for members of the national teams, and coaches’ salaries, including allowances and other entitlements running up to 15 months.
The payment also covers the female national teams and the under-20 national team.
The clearing of the outstanding sums was made known in a statement on Sunday released via the X handle of Tinubu’s Media Centre.
The statement reads, “President @officialABAT has approved the payment of N12 billion outstanding backlog for Nigeria’s National teams of various sports, which includes Super Eagles and others.
“The payment entails the clearing of the senior national team coach salaries running up to 15 months, payments of allowances and promises due to the senior national teams, females, and Under-20 national team.
“This is coming at a time when the Super Eagles of Nigeria are preparing to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations, which is billed to start later this month.”
NEWS: 2027 Presidency: Goodluck Jonathan Explores Alliance With Kwankwaso, Weighs Options Between PDP And ADC | Incoming Oxford Union President's Comments on Charlie Kirk's Assassination Spark Outrage | FBI Seeks Public Help In Charlie Kirk Case, Offers $100,000 Reward For Information Leading To Arrest Of Suspect | Tragedy In Colorado: 16-Year-Old Student Identified As School Shooter | Peter Obi Meets With Jonathan In Abuja | Mikel Obi Sounds Alarm: Calls For NFF Board Overhaul If Nigeria Misses World Cup | Fake Army Colonel Arrested In Ondo Over N1.3 Million Employment Scam | PDP Considering Goodluck Jonathan, Peter Obi For 2027 Presidential Bid - Abba Moro | National Shame: Peter Obi Blasts Tinubu's Govt Over Frequent Grid Collapses | Trump Announces Death Of Charlie Kirk After Utah Campus Shooting | World Cup Qualifier: Asamoah Gyan Accuses Victor Osimhen Of Faking Injury | Doctors' Union To Decide On Nationwide Strike Today | Nigeria’s National Grid Collapses Again, Plunging Country Into Darkness | 4-Year-Old Boy Tragically Dies After Being Thrown Into Well By Househelp | Father Arrested In FCT For Allegedly Assaulting Wife And Three Children | Ahueze Receives N.2 Million “Emeka Monye Scholarship Prize” For Best Graduand, UNN | lagoscityreporters.com Unveils Online Live Streaming Radio | Ahueze Vivian Isioma Emerges Winner Of The Inaugural Emeka Monye Scholarship Prize For Best Graduating Student, Mass Communication, UNN | SPORTS: Lassana Diarra Reignites £56 Million Compensation Battle Against FIFA | ADVERT: Afrihomes Property Ltd, Last Flolor, God of Mercy Plaza, Opposite Geogold Hotel, beside Nwoke Udi bar, Abakaliki street, Regina, Awka, Anambra state, afrihomesproperty@gmail.com, www.afrihomesgroup.com, +234(0)8063295050 | Norahneys, Your one-stop shop for all unisex under wears, lingeries, night wears, children night wears, sports wears and other gift items, 6 Crowther by Calabar Street, Umuahia, Abia State. Call: 08039518552, norahney2612@gmail.com| Emex Phones & Computers, Beside Amaenyi 'Keke' Park, Aroma, Awka, for phone repairs, accessories & quality printing services and photocopy, fast, reliable and satisfying. call: +2348034611180, email: emexcomputers@gmail.com | Healthy You Pharmacy And Diagnostic Laboratory, 85 Zik's Avenue, Opposite Gtbank, Eke Awka, Awka, Anambra State, healthyupharmacy24@gmail.com, +2347070508446 | Gran Hermano Academy, Day And Boarding school, 9, CPHA Avenue, Agu-Awka, GRA, Awka, Anambra State, +2348035248657 | Action Alliance, AA, Candidate Jeff Nweke Promises Good Governance, Improved Security In Anambra Governorship Poll | For News Coverage, Adverts Placement And Other Enquiries, call: +234(0)8063310733
Comments are closed