The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has blamed the serial poor outings by the various national teams on inadequate and late release of funds.
The federation also cited the prolonged leadership tussles for the soul of the nation’s football and the probe of officials of the board over ‘false corruption allegations as other reasons for the poor outing of the national teams at various international competitions.
The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, had a queried the NFF demanding explanation for the poor showings by the Super Falcons, CHAN Eagles, Golden Eaglets and Olympic Eagles in recent international matches/tournaments.
NFF President Amaju Pinnick argued that the best performance indicator for any country in international football is the A team, in this case Super Eagles, which in recent times drew with five–time world champions, Brazil and Ukraine in friendlies, and defeated Benin Republic and Lesotho in 2021 AFCON qualifying matches.
