NFF boss Amaju Pinnick confirms the federation has received $1.6m from FIFA
Pinnick also confirms that the federation is expecting more money from FIFA and CAF.
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has confirmed that the federation has recently received $1.6m from world football governing body FIFA.
Pinnick in a statement on Twitter sent out his ‘huge appreciation’ to FIFA for the one million dollars it sent to the NFF for COVID-19 palliatives.
“Huge appreciation to football's world governing body, @FIFAcom, for the $1 million (one million dollars) the Federation has received in the frame of COVID-19 palliatives. The money was received by the @thenff and we re-confirmed the purpose from FIFA two days ago,” the NFF boss said.
“As a further break down, the $1 million for palliatives is composed of $500,000 for men's football and $500,000 for the women's game.”
Pinnich went on to reveal that the NFF had earlier received another $600,000 from FIFA for FIFA Forward 2.0 projects in Birnin-Kebbi and Ugborodo.
At $300,000 each, the NFF will build mini-stadia in both centres to be completed by the end of March 2021.
FIFA according to Pinnick has promised to also send an additional $500,000 sometime in January 2021, also as part of COVID-19 palliative efforts.
The NFF boss also confirmed the federation is expecting $300,000 from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in the coming days.
A lot of money has been coming in for the NFF in the frame of COVID-19 palliatives and the federation in August 2020 showed how it has distributed it.
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