World football governing body, FIFA have warned the leadership of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that the $480,000 (about 173 million Naira) they paid for the World Cup preparation of the Super Falcons must be used strictly for that purpose and not to be diverted to a private purse.
Sports247.ng reliably gathers this in a circular dated January 25, 2019. FIFA explained that the money paid will not cover costs incurred by the NFF before January 1, 2019.
They added that they will audit how this money is spent to prepare the nine-time African champions for the mundia
It would be recalled that FIFA have since 2015 stopped paying the NFF development grant after they objected to how previous grants were squandered by the federation.
It would however be noted this is the first time such preparation cash would be paid out by FIFA to the 24 finalists for the Women’s World Cup and they expect transparency to encourage continued support of the grant
