THE Nigerian delegation to Sunday’s 2018 FIFA World Cup
qualifier against Zambia’s Chipolopolo will depart from the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport on Saturday.
NFF officials confirmed on Thursday that the team will
arrive in time for an evening training session at the Levy Nwanawasa Stadium in
Ndola.
Thenff.com further learnt that apart from the 23 players
and 15 team officials that will be on the flight, there will some top officials
of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, some members of the National
Assembly, few members of the NFF Executive Committee and Management, some NFF
staff and some stakeholders including media representatives.
“We have allocated slots to some stakeholders because it
is a chartered flight and a number of seats are available after the players and
team officials have taken their seats.
“The NFF is not paying anybody for being on the trip. We
don’t have the money. All the stakeholders on the trip will be there simply to
support the team during the game. We have told the persons involved that they
will pay for their own board and lodging, and they have accepted to do that,”
said NFF 2nd Vice President Shehu Dikko.
Dikko, who is also Chairman of the League Management
Company, told thenff.com: “In the near future, we would look at the possibility
of commercializing this kind of opportunity. If you give out, say 80 seats, to
persons who can pay for them on 145 –seater aircraft, you can raise some good
money for the team. It is a practice firmly in place in some climes.”
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