Dalung parleys Siasia, urges NFF to pay coach

Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has made a U-turn on U-23 National team’s Coach Samson Siasia after hosting the former Super Eagles striker in his office in Abuja on Monday.

Dalung has been critical of Siasia before and during the Olympics, also urged the Nigeria Football Federation to pay the coach his outstanding salaries.

Barrister Dalung directed the Secretary-General Dr Mohammed Sanusi who was also present to ensure that Siasia gets the arrears of his five month’s salaries.

“Please pay him his five months’ salaries. They said he has resigned but he just said that his contract expired after the Olympics. His contract expired but you owe him 5 months’ salaries and you have gone to employ a foreign coach and will pay him in dollars. It means you don’t like yourselves and nobody will sympathize with you.

“Please spare me the stress of talking about this salary issue or going to war with you on it. Please pay him and other coaches their outstanding salaries,” Dalung said.

The Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Federation Dr Sanusi however said that efforts were already being made to pay the coaches their salaries.

“We have held meetings and we are waiting for the money to drop. The money is already there in our account but we need to regularize the TSA procedures before we can claim the money. We are almost through with the process. Once that is concluded, we will pay them” Sanusi assured.

The Minister is expected to be on an NTA Programme Tuesday Live with Coach Samson Siasia on Tuesday to review events leading up to Rio and Nigeria’s participation at the Games.

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