Stephen Keshi has taken the decision to pay his Togolese assistant Valere Houandinou, who was sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in their attempt to save costs.
Valere has been working with Keshi for over seven years, from the time the Big Boss was in charge of Togo and qualified for the World Cup in 2006, but was affected in the backroom shake-up.
“Keshi has decided to shoulder the burden of paying Valere’s salary after the NFF said it was running low on funds to carry the huge wage bill of the Super Eagles,” Emmanuel Keshi, the coach’s brother and manager Emmanuel Keshi confirmed.
“The decision by the big boss is to support the NFF through this difficult times because NFF president Aminu Maigari is a good man who has been very sincere and supportive in ensuring that the Eagles succeed.
“As part of the efforts towards moving forward, Keshi has resolved to use his goodwill for the NFF, remember President Goodluck Jonathan gave him a blank cheque upon his return from South Africa, Keshi intends to cash that cheque now by appealing to the President to support the NFF.
“You would agree with me that the burden on the NFF is huge, the U17, U20, Super Eagles all preparing at the same time.”
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