Nigeria Pulls out of South Africa 2014 CHAN

Nigeria have pulled out of next year's Championship of African Nations (CHAN) which will be staged in South Africa due to poor finances.

Nigeria were due in June to battle Cote d'Ivoire in a qualifier for the tournament reserved for players featuring in their respective domestic leagues.

Nigeria have twice failed to qualify for the tournament proper.

NFF executive committee member Emeka Inyama said the association had to take this decision because they are broke.

NFF reduces Super Eagles bonus,coaches salaries

The Nigeria Football Federation has taken a very significant step to curtail overhead cost in the administration of football in the country. The Technical and Development Committee of the federation, which met in Abuja on Tuesday, recommended for immediate implementation, a list of decisions that would substantively cut down the cost of prosecuting games involving the national teams.

One of the major decisions is the review of the salaries of all the national team coaches, including that of Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi. The PUNCH learnt that every coach in the employment of the federation would be affected as soon as the implementation begins.The players themselves were not spared in the latest decision. Their win bonus, which was raised to $10,000 some years ago has been cut down to $5,000. The bonus became an issue after the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa as the NFF could not pay the final game bonus after it was nearly doubled from the pre-tournament rate.