Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Muhammed Sanusi, has revealed that they are working hard to find a way of raising funds for its activities in 2017.
Sanusi admitted that the NFF failed in 2016 in achieving that and as such they went cap in hand to the government every time.
He added that in order to avoid similar situations this year, the NFF was trying to be independent of government.
“We were not happy with what happened with some of the national teams especially the Super Falcons, but we are working seriously so that such didn’t happen this year,” he said.
“The issue of funding is a serious area we failed in the outgoing year. I have always said it that government cannot do it alone, there are so many projects competing for funds from the government, education, roads and others.
“We are calling on other individuals, the private sectors to come to the aid of football in Nigeria, and also to our sponsors who are yet to fulfill their obligations to the federation to do so, and let’s have a good relationship this year”, he added.
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