The Office
of the Accountant General of the Federation on Friday said it has released to
the Central Bank of Nigeria the payment mandate of $1.17m (N358m) to settle the
allowances of the victorious Super Falcons.
The payment
was confirmed by a statement from the OAGF signed by the Director, Information,
Mrs Kene Offie.
It also said
additional N113m has been released to pay the outstanding winning bonuses for
the Super Eagles in the 2018 World Cup Qualifying matches.
The
statement said the release of the payment mandate to the CBN was sequel to an
earlier approval given by the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun.
The
statement read in part, “The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation
has released the mandate to Central Bank of Nigeria for payment of naira
equivalent of $1,173,820.00 at N305/$ to Nigeria Football Federation to pay
outstanding winning bonuses for Super Eagles in the 2018 World Cup Qualifying
Matches and for the Super Falcons’ participation in the 10th Women’s Africa
nations Cup.
“This is in
furtherance of the approval from Hon Minister of Finance for the said amount to
be paid.
“The mandate
which is a sum of Three hundred and Fifty-Eight Million, fifteen thousand, One
Hundred naira only has been paid by Central bank of Nigeria as at yesterday
15th December, 2016.
“Similarly,
another mandate for the sum of One hundred and Thirteen million, Eight Hundred
and Twenty thousand, Six Hundred and Two naira only has also been released by
the Office of Accountant General of the Federation for the payment of wining
bonus for Super Eagles in the 2018 World Cup Qualifying matches; and for the
Super Falcon’s participation in the 10th Women’s Africa Nation’s Cup.
“This amount
has also been paid to Nigeria Football Federation and is equally sequel to the
approval of the Honourable minister of Finance.”
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