Ka’Oje, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria also said that the company also paid the salaries of then Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Berti Vogts between 2007 and 2008.
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The Eagle online News reports that Team Nigeria’s poor outing at the Rio 2016 Olympics had necessitated the minister’s comment after the country won only football bronze at the Games as against the five medal he promised
The former minister was speaking against the backdrop of a recent court case that was re-instituted by the Chris Giwa-led group, which laid claim to the leadership of the NFF following an August 26, 2014 election
He said: “Lack of internal democracy, poor attitude of the members of the National Working Committee and the Board of Trustees resulted in the failure of the party to win more seats and key positions in the elections
Sudanese striker, Bakri Abdelgadir, scored the only goal of the match in the 42nd minute to put Nigeria’s hope of qualifying for the AFCON 2015, scheduled for Morocco, in tatters
Ka’oje, who was former Minister of Sports, also told NAN that Bank of Industry gave a false hope to the project
The sports administrator cum politician said: “As regards the issue of the sidelined players of the Super Eagles, I think they should be brought back now to make the team very formidable and stronger