Rohr Gets $60,000; NFF: We Have Confidence In Him

By Akinwale Kasali

For taking Nigeria to the AFCON 2021 and Qatar 2022 competitions, Gernot Rohr, the German Super Eagles Coach, will pocket a whopping sum of 60,000 USD in bonuses.

This was disclosed at the  presentation of contract papers to the coach,

after months of brickbats and delay in the extension of his contract by the Amaju Pinnick-led Nigeria Football Federation, NFF.

Rohr signed the dotted lines of his Contract extension till 2022 after the FIFA World Cup in Qatar slated for 2022.

The NFF confirmed the extension of Rohr’s contract by two years, until the 2022 Qatar World Cup, after both parties had been locked in unending negotiations over a contract extension for Rohr whose original deal was set to expire in June.

NFF President, Pinnick, however made it clear that certain deliverables were “sacrosanct” to both the NFF and the Sports Ministry.

These include qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and winning a fourth continental diadem for Nigeria at the 2021 Africa Nations Cup in Cameroon.

“I’m happy to announce that the NFF and Coach Gernot Rohr have concluded all contractual discussions and he will stay on as Coach of the Super Eagles.

“We have always had confidence in his abilities and we are confident that the national team can only go higher from here,” Pinnick posted via his Twitter handle.

The former German footballer will get $60,000 as bonuses for qualifying Nigeria for the 2021 AFCON and Qatar 2022.