NFF Debunks Claims of Owing Late Christian Chukwu

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has categorically denied allegatons that it owes former Super Eagles captain and coach, Christian Chukwu $128,000.

The claim surfaced on social media, but NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, swiftly debunked it, stating that there is no record of such indebtedness in the federation’s files.

“There is no record in the NFF of any outstanding indebtedness to ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu,” Sanusi said. He explained that during the first term of the Board headed by Mr. Amaju Pinnick, a committee was set up to diligently peruse the papers of coaches who were being owed, even from previous NFF administrations.

“That committee was given the clear mandate to verify all debts and ensure that the coaches being owed were paid immediately. I am aware that ‘Chairman’ was in the employ of the NFF between 2002 and 2005, before he was relieved of the post following the 1-1 draw with Angola in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Kano in August 2005. There is certainly no record of indebtedness to him in the NFF.”

Chukwu worked with the NFF between 2002 and 2005 before being relieved of his post following the 1-1 draw with Angola in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Kano in August 2005.

Sanusi challenged anyone with genuine and verifiable documents of NFF indebtedness to any coach who has worked with any of the National Teams over the past two decades to come forward and tender those documents.

“As a credible organization that is very much alive to its responsibilities, if we are confronted with any genuine document of indebtedness to any coach, we will offset the debt immediately,” Sanusi added.