{"id":78605,"date":"2025-11-12T16:09:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78605"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:09:55","slug":"nsc-boss-confirms-release-of-super-eagles-funds-to-nff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/12\/nsc-boss-confirms-release-of-super-eagles-funds-to-nff\/","title":{"rendered":"NSC Boss Confirms Release of Super Eagles\u2019 Funds to NFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Director-General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Hon. Bukola Olapade, has confirmed that all funds meant for the Super Eagles have been fully released to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).<\/p>\n<p>Olapade\u2019s clarification comes amid reports that the national team boycotted training over unpaid allowances.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the NSC does not deal directly with players or coaches, as all financial transactions are handled by the NFF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NSC has disbursed all funds to the NFF as scheduled since I assumed office. We don\u2019t pay players directly,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Appointed by President Bola Tinubu in November 2024, Olapade reiterated the Commission\u2019s commitment to transparency and accountability in sports funding.<\/p>\n<p>The development follows renewed concerns over administrative lapses within the NFF, despite earlier interventions by the Federal Government to clear outstanding bonuses owed to national teams.<\/p>\n<p>The latest standoff has reignited debate over the management of football funds in Nigeria and its impact on players\u2019 morale ahead of upcoming competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Director-General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Hon. Bukola Olapade, has confirmed that all funds meant for the Super Eagles have been fully released to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Olapade\u2019s clarification comes amid reports that the national team boycotted training over unpaid allowances. He explained that the NSC does not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78607,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78605\/revisions\/78607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}