The committee set up by the Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi to probe the Super Eagles bonus row in Namibia in June during the FIFA world cup qualifier has recommended that henceforth, the win bonus for the team would be $5,000 each..
Super Eagles bonus row has been the subject on controversies over the years and the minister in seting up the committee said an end must be put the issue that where the players have held the management of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF hostage.
The committee, which is expected to present its report to the minister of sports next week, has also put in place a code of conduct to be signed by all players in the national team.
With the new development, NFF has been freed from the $10,000 bonus for a win which they said has been draining the little fund s in the glass house.
A top official of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF said, ‘’The committee has recommended we should revert to the status quo of $5,000 before the 2010 World Cup Presidential Task Force supplemented the bonus. A code of conduct will also be introduced to the Eagles, which will clearly spell out what is expected of both players and the NFF.
The code of conduct is in force in countries like England and Germany and even though several national team coaches including current handler Stephen Keshi have been averse to this rule book, the committee has recommended it be enforced in the Eagles.
In 1994, only a handful of players led by Mutiu Adepoju agreed to sign a code of conduct tabled by the NFFand in the new dispensation, any player who refused to sign the code of conductor will have to bid goodbye to the national team.
In June, the African champions stayed put in Namibia and refused to board a flight to the FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil until they were paid full bonuses for a win and a draw in Kenya and Namibia, respectively.
