The Nigerian Football Federation challenged former Super Hawks coaches who would speak if they were owed by the country’s football dominant body.
This is due to allegations that NFF owed Christian Chukwu, captain who won AFCON in late 1980, which was $128,000.
Chukwu died at the age of 74 on Saturday, April 12, in 2024, and he accused NFF of owing him, re-stacking online online,
After the allegations, NFF Secretary General Mohammed Sanusi denied the claim and said there was no record of coach debt, asking other coaches to make their claims.
Sanusi claims that the NFF has set up a committee since its first term as former President Amaju Pinnick (2014-2018) to check its salary records for former coaches, but there is no record on Chukwu.
“The NFF has no outstanding debt to Christian Chukwu. During the first term of the board led by Mr. Amaju Pinnick, a committee was formed to read the papers of the coach who owed the debts, even if the former NFF committee owed it.”
“The committee has obtained clear tasks to verify all debts and ensure immediate payment of the coaches owed. I know that between 2002 and 2005, the ‘Chair’ was in the NFF’s employment and then he was after his post 1-1 tension with Angola at the FIFA World Cup in August 2005, which was undoubtedly in Kano in 2005.
“As a trusted organization that lives very much on its responsibility, we will offset the debt immediately if we face any real documents of debt to any coach.”
