Unpaid Allowances: Rohr, NFF At Loggerheads, As NFF Reviews Players’ Bonuses

By Akinwale Kasali

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr and his employers, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, are enmeshed in controversies over non-payment of his allowances.

The rift deepened following Rohr’s allegation that he is being owed  over $100,000 in bonuses and allowances by the NFF.

Rohr had earlier complained about the delay in the payment of his salaries, prompting his reluctance in renewing his contract after the expiration of his current contract.

The Franco-German tactician claimed he had employed the service of Jean Jacques as his lawyer to engage the NFF.

Reacting to Rohr’s outburst, NFF said Rohr is going against the contractual agreement it has with them by divulging information that are classified to the federation.

NFF’s Technical Director, Bitrus Bewarang,  cautioned Rohr on his utterances, saying that Rohr is only owed $30,000 as against the $100,000 he claims.

“Rohr’s utterances is highly unprofessional and flagrantly disrespected the provision of his contract and the Code of Conduct for coaches.

“Rohr will soon be paid, as we have just paid all National Team coaches and we are putting into place a mechanism to ensure we don’t owe them going forward.  Rohr has talked about bonus from the 2019 African Cup of Nations Championship, which is not contractual but discretionary on the part of the NFF”, Bewarang concluded.

Rohr was a former Togolese Coach.

In another development, the NFF has disclosed that a new template for payment of bonuses and allowances for the Super Eagles is underway.

Bewarang said the NFF is negotiating with the players on a new template for payment of bonuses and allowances based on their performances after qualification for the championship.

Bewarang said that the players were not paid any bonuses or allowances for the 2021 AFCON qualification series against the Squirrels of Benin Republic and the Crocodiles of Lesotho.