The Nigeria Football Federation’s Director of Media and Communications, Ademola Olajire, has disclosed that Enyimba and Super Eagles goalkeeper, John Noble, will soon be paid his $25,000 AFCON 2022 bonus, adding that banking procedures that delayed the payment had been completed.
Nobel in an exclusive interview revealed how he is the only player yet to receive his tournament match bonus. And being the only home based player in the squad, the news became subject of interest several Nigerians.
NFF spokesman Olajire, however, insisted that issues with Noble’s dollar account caused the delay.
“There’s been a long delay as a result of him not having a dollar account, authorising payment to another person and glitches over paper work and CBN processes. I’m told they’ve concluded processing now,” Olajire revealed to Punch.
The NFF equally discredited claims that Noble had been blacklisted from future invitations to the national team, claiming there was no instruction of such from the federation.
John Noble was part of the Super Eagles squad to the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon where Nigeria crashed out in the knockout stage against Tunisia.
By Olujimi Dare Ogun