S’Eagles Code Of Conduct On Hold

Nigeria’s Sports Minister Bolaji Abdullahi has delayed the implementation of a ‘code of conduct’ for Super Eagles players on international assignments.
The Nigeria Football Federations’ decision to reduce bonuses earlier this year led to the national team almost boycotting June’s Confederations Cup in Brazil.
In August, a six-person panel drafted a code of conduct and presented their findings on the row to the sports minister in Abuja.
The minister says the panel’s recommendations will be implemented, but warned bad timing could create more disaffection, distraction and failure.
“The panel’s report is very strategic and as soon as we are done with the World Cup qualifying matches, we will implement the report fully,” he explained.
“We don’t want to introduce the report now so that it does not distract us from the work we have at hand now.
“We will continue to manage it. It is after the World Cup qualifiers that we plan to put in place the structures that can provide the final solution to it.”
Julius Ogunro, Special Assistant to the Sports Minister, said there is no official commitment to back down on decision to slash bonuses paid to the players in the national team.