Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said it has no record of salaries worth $128,000 owed to former Super Eagles captain and coach, Christian Chukwu.
Chukwu passed on last Saturday aged 74, in interview he granted before he died, the Enugu Rangers legend claimed that he and other coaches were owed salaries by the NFF.
However, speaking in a statement made available to the media Monday NFF’s secretary general, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, disputed the claim.
“There is no record in the NFF of any outstanding indebtedness to ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu. During the first term of the Board headed by Mr. Amaju Pinnick, a committee was set up to diligently peruse the papers of coaches who were being owed, even from previous NFF administrations.
“That committee was given the clear mandate to verify all debts and ensure that the coaches being owed were paid immediately. I am aware that ‘Chairman’ was in the employ of the NFF between 2002 and 2005, before he was relieved of the post following the 1-1 draw with Angola in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Kano in August 2005. There is certainly no record of indebtedness to him in the NFF.
“As a credible organisation that is very much alive to its responsibilities, if we are confronted with any genuine document of indebtedness to any coach, we will offset the debt immediately.”
