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LMC pays Taraba players one month salary
Nfemi Daniel
The League Management Committee on Wednesday paid players and officials of FC Taraba one month salary after the state government’s failure to address the plight of players and officials of relegated club.
The players have been keeping vigil for several days at the Government House in Jalingo due to the inability of the state to pay their salaries.
The players claimed they have not been paid salary for the past 11 months and could therefore not bear it any longer.
When this effort could not yield positive response from the Secretary to the State Government, Chief Gibeon T. Kataps and the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Abdul Hadi H. Lau, the LMC was forced to step in few days ago, demanding that the players should forward their accounts details to it.
Chief Operating Officer of the LMC, Salisu Abubakar, confirmed that the players will receive a month out of the 11 months’ salary owed them by Taraba State.
According to Abubakar, this gesture will enable the players have something in their pockets to celebrate Christmas.
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