THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have fired U23 coach Samson Siasia a query over what they described as his “media outburst” on Wednesday.
Siasia went public to accuse his employers of abandoning his team with a month to Rio Olympics qualifying tournament in Senegal.
He said the team are owed match bonuses, allowances and he himself has not been paid for three months.
He therefore declared he should not be held responsible should the country fail to qualify for the Olympics football event.
It has now been specially gathered that the NFF were “highly embarrassed” by the statements of the coach particularly after he was briefed by a top-ranking executive committee member about the financial predicament of the federation after the single treasury account adopted by the federal government came into force.
The query has demanded why sanctions should not be imposed on him for his “media outburst”.
The African U23 Nations Cup will be staged in Senegal from November 28 and it will serve as a qualifier for next year’s Olympics in Rio.
Siasia’s Dream Team VI are scheduled to train in Morocco and Gambia prior to the championship, where they are drawn against Egypt, Algeria and Mali.
Culled from Africanfootball.com
