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CC™ World Cup Minute
By Ernest Victor
The world football governing body, FIFA, has reportedly changed the payment method for the 2023 Women’s World Cup prize money for the benefit of the Super Falcons of Nigeria.
Based on this development, once a team ends its campaign at the ongoing 2023 Women’s World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, their prize money will be paid directly into the players’ bank accounts. This is to prevent the stakeholders in the players’ country from embezzling or tampering with the players’ entitlement.
On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, a video surfaced online showing the FIFA Secretary-General, Fatma Samoura confirming this development to the Super Falcons.
Samoura said the world football governing body had to change the payment method due to the unpaid allowances the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is owing the Super Falcons.
She acknowledged how tough things have been for the Nigerian team and promised to monitor that all their match bonuses get to them directly.
The FIFA secretary-general said, “I know that things have been tough. We have to face the realities of Nigeria. It pains me a lot. It is because of you (the Super Falcons) that, for the first time, the prize money has been ring-fenced in the history of FIFA to ensure that it goes to you”.
This means that the $30,000 the Super Falcons earned in the group stage, and the additional $30,000 the players earned for qualifying for the 2023 Women’s World Cup round of 16 will be paid directly to each player’s bank account.
If the Nigerian team managed to scale through England in the quarter-finals on Monday, August 7, they will earn an additional $30,000 each which will take their total earnings in the tournament to $90,000 per player.
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