According
to the report by African Football, the team is comprised of 25
players-18 players and 7 officials, but extra five officials were
added to the team's hotel roster, and the hotel management insisted the
team pay before departing, but instead of the NFF or the Sports Ministry
to pay up the bills, Mikel Obi, who is also Team Nigeria's captain
shelled out $4,000 before they were allowed to leave the Sao Paulo hotel
to Salvador.
“We just arrived Salvador now (5.20pm
Nigerian time) from Sao Paolo. We nearly missed our flight because of
unpaid bills in the hotel. The hotel held us to ransom,” a team official
told AfricanFootball.com
“The problem is that
all the additional officials here in Brazil are the responsibility of
the Nigeria Football Federation, who said they will pay for them, but
they did not pay for them again.
“The affected
officials included the team’s media officer, the team coordinator, the
kits manager in charge of players and officials’ kits and the
accompanying assistant director technical.
“A
call was put across to the honourable minister of youths and sports, he
said we should put the bill in the (credit) card but the card didn’t
work. They tried and tried but the minister said that only 18 players
and seven officials should be captured as regards payment according to
the rules of the Olympic Games.
“So, the hotel
bills of these other officials, about five of them cost the sum of over
$4,000. They held us hostage for more than one hour and we nearly missed
our flight. It was Mikel (Obi) who rescued us by paying the money.
“I
can tell you honestly speaking that this incident is not the fault of
the minister because the minister listed the people to be accommodated
which were 18 players and seven officials”
Mimi u're a big boy
ReplyDeleteWetin the additional people go do there??? Linda take note!
DeleteI love mikel
DeleteLib
Onye by splash
Iwuno, every sports team needs a media officer, a kit man and a coordinator. RECEIVE SENSE.
DeleteShameless Nff nd those incharge. They can never do things right. God bless u Mikel
DeleteLib addict#just passing#
Shame to u dalung..shame to u NFF
ReplyDeleteAPC MEMBERS MAKE UNA TELL ME IF NA GEJ COS AM????
ReplyDeleteNa wa o.
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~glo rule your world~ cos I do•
So thoughtful of him...x
ReplyDeleteMay God hlp us
ReplyDeleteTHAT'S SO GOOD OF HIM, SAVING THIS SHAMELESS SHAMELESS.
ReplyDeleteAUNTY LINDA 👩
More blessings bro!
ReplyDeleteI wonder the kind of govt we have Nwa_Nsukka
Big boy
ReplyDeletethis is a disgrace to sports ministry, NFF and the Nigerian govt. SHAME!!!
ReplyDeleteHe is a leader God bless u bros
ReplyDelete******************************God bless u Mikel************
ReplyDeleteNah God Save their ASS see as them go disgrace them self outside, MIEL God Bless you
ReplyDeleteThis useless, disgusting, evil and demonic group called APC will blame this on GEJ. Your end is near, good for nothing APC.
ReplyDeleteonly God will save us from this national disgrace all the time; the other day it was during African cup that the former was said to be paying for our feeding, now Mikel is bailing out the team as if the contingent has not been funded; where are monies?? (LOC)
ReplyDeleteBias minds, its not the work of the government but the corrupt NFF officials, money was disbursed into the NFF account but they became a miser for their own gainful purpose.
ReplyDeleteMost of you commenting obviously didn't read the full story
ReplyDeletehahahahahahahhaah poor nigeria
ReplyDeletepoor
ReplyDeleteAmaju Finished.
ReplyDeleteThe major concern now is,how long will NFF continue to bring disgrace to this Nation and when will it stop?and Why adding another officials when there number they can cater for?
ReplyDeleteMay God replenish your pocket in billion folds my dear Mikel Obi
ReplyDeleteNFF always disgracing Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteWhy did you guys not follow the list
ReplyDeletethe spirit of change
ReplyDeleteWhat a country. A country ruled by retarded BIGOT.
ReplyDeleteThe name Nigeria, just like the country Nigeria makes me often want to VOMIT.
And some people are questioning why he is made the captain of the Olympic team, since this is his first appearance. My answer to them by making reference to team Great Britain who chose an Andy Murray over another person. They still did not agree with me. Now am happy with his benevolent act.
ReplyDeleteGood Luck to our Captain. pee.
Mikel don't form big boy o, 4k dollars can buy for you good meals and drinks, buhari govt is not worth Sowing seed for, request pay back ASAP and donate it to charity.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly why they made him captain,
ReplyDeleteRemember when they floated the rumour that he donated $30,000 to the team, and he quickly denied it? They were nudging him to; or at least preparing his mind
People in government are such predators! Today it is Keshi, then Oliseh and now Obi.
Soon these 'undeserving outsiders' will realize this trend and either fight back or distance themselves.
Monkey dey work baboon dey chop.
Disgusting rubbish!
This is shameful. I would not have paid. I would have bailed myself out and let them arrest those extra nuisance people that they added to the roster. Mikel, why did you do that?
ReplyDeletehe should be repaid back.. full of shits NFF
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