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Former Olympic coach Siasia demands unpaid salary from Nigeria

September 24, 2016 9:28 PM

Siasia says the NFF owes him five months' salary arrears from the start of April to August 2016. The 49-year-old led the country to a bronze medal finish at the Rio Olympics.

Nigerias former U-23 coach Samson Siasia has told the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to pay him his five months outstanding salary within two weeks. ...

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Siasia says the NFF owes him five months' salary arrears from the start of April to August 2016.

The 49-year-old led the country to a bronze medal finish at the Rio Olympics.

Barely five weeks after ending his two-year contract on a high, Siasia said his patience is fast running out.

"I have given them a two week ultimatum to pay me or I will sit inside the NFF office in Abuja until I get paid," Siasia told BBC Sport.

"The national team is preparing for a World Cup qualifier and to be honest my unhealthy distractions are the last thing they need right now.

"I've made it clear in my letter that my assistants and I should be paid the backlog owed because it's inhuman.

"As head of our families we sacrificed everything for the country but the NFF refused to pay us - it's not only heartless but wicked," he said.

As a player Siasia won the 1994 Nations Cup and played for Nigeria at their maiden appearance at the 1994 World Cup.

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