Bosso lauds NFF over payment of coaches’ salaries

By Taofeek Babalola

President of the Nigeria Football Coaches Association Ladan Bosso has heaped praises on the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for offsetting all outstanding salaries of past and present National team coaches.

The Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr and 28 other national team coaches were paid all their outstanding wages by the NFF.

The El Kanemi Warriors technical adviser believes that the gesture would motivate Nigerian coaches to do more for the national teams while he urged his colleagues to reciprocate the goodwill with more dedication and commitment.

The former Kano Pillars gaffer has, however, advised the League Management Company (LMC) to emulate NFF in ensuring that the clubs owners pay Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) coaches their entitlements as at when due.

“We must appreciate the good work of the Amaju Pinnick led NFF board, what they have just done is unprecedented in the history of Nigeria football. They paid 28 coaches in all; present and past coaches. That is a massive achievement that deserves commendation from all stakeholders," Bosso said.

He added: "LMC should emulate what NFF has done to ensure that club owners pay coaches their wages as at when due. When coaches receive their salaries regularly it will go a long way in eradicating corrupt practices in the coaching business. I thereby warned my colleagues to appreciate this gesture from the NFF, and any allegations of corrupt practices against any coach would not be accepted by the association. And if any coach found wanting of corrupt practices we might be forced us to seize their coaching license.”