FIFA increases NFF’s funding four fold

FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, said on Monday that Nigeria will be getting four more times its present funding from the world’s football governing body beginning from now.
Infantino said this in Abuja during his interaction with the newsmen.
The FIFA boss explained that the Nigeria Football Federation would now get about $1.2 million as development fee from FIFA as against the $300,000 given by the previous administrations.
Infantino said the money would never be enough for football development in the country, but would go a long a way in repositioning football.
He urged football administrators to utilise the potential which had seen it win about four U-17 World Championships.
The FIFA president assured Nigerians that the world football governing body would assist the country in its quest to develop its football infrastructure.
Infantino said: “We need to create tailor-made projects.
“It is possible that Nigeria needs a proper stadium, a football headquarter and a technical centre.
“We will be ready to assist depending on the tailor-made project designed specifically for each individual association.
“We will make sure that what is in the contract of every football federation is implemented and practised and when we come back here in a few years, I will be able tell you what we have done.
“The fact that 18 presidents of national associations are here in Abuja to discuss with us on football development shows that there is a big belief within the football community that we are on the right track.
“What we have to do is to live with the reforms, to live with the transparency and most importantly to focus on football activity and that is why I am here to speak with individual presidents.”
Infantino also said efforts were being made to ensure that clubs release their players to assist their individual countries to compete for medals during the Olympics football event.