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- Former Super Eagles caput manager Bonfrere Jo has called retired the Nigerian authorities implicit unfulfilled promises
- The Dutch manager led the Nigerian U23 squad to the Atlanta 1996 Olympics golden medals successful the men's shot event
- Jo has present called retired the authorities for not giving him his promised onshore successful Abuja, 29 years aft the event
Former Nigeria U23 squad caput manager Bonfrere Jo has called retired the Nigerian authorities for failing to fulfil the committedness made to him 29 years ago.
Jo led the Nigerian U23 side, Dream Team, to triumph the golden medal astatine the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, becoming the archetypal African state to triumph the football prize.
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The triumphant squad had Nigerian shot greats Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, Emmanuel Amuneke, Tijani Babangida, Sunday Oliseh, and Nwankwo Kanu amongst others.
Bonfrere Jo calls retired NFF
The Nigerian authorities reportedly promised the Dutch manager and members of the squad landed properties successful the country’s superior successful Abuja.
However, 29 years later, the authorities is yet to redeem the promise, and Jo has voiced out, claiming it would beryllium a bully acquisition up of his 79th birthday.
“Next period is my 79th birthday. It would beryllium a bully day gift, it would beryllium my reward if they springiness maine my onshore from Atlanta 1996,” helium told Brila FM earlier today.The station generated reactions from Nigerians, galore of whom told the manager to hide it.
@OzorNnanna replied:
@Oh! astir apt this didn't get the attraction of Fmr. President Buhari cuz nary 1 redeems this benignant of pledge than him. As a antheral of integrity, helium likes to support committedness adjacent the 1 helium made successful 1985 arsenic a Military Head of State to past Golden Eaglets. He fulfilled adjacent that of the dead.@@ValentJamike replied:
“We privation to advancement successful football, but we can’t fulfil promises.”@FAVVy00629881 replied:
“Ever heard of the connection O. T. I. L. O. R? 😂”
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Nigerian authorities fulfilled committedness to Jo
According to a work by Premium Times connected June 6, 2018, the Nigerian authorities fulfilled its committedness to the manager by handing him the keys to a three-bedroom flat successful Gwagwalada successful Abuja.
The study claimed that the gathering was handed implicit by erstwhile Lagos authorities politician and past minster of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Raji Fashola.
“As a manager that was straight progressive successful the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations and the 1996 Olympic shot golden medal victories, I crave for an awesome show for our Super Eagles successful Russia and connection my enactment to the squad and method staff,” Jo said.Jo speaks connected his narration with Westerhof
Jo was the erstwhile adjunct of ex-coach Clemens Westerhof, but the 2 fell retired aft Jo accused his brag of selling the 1994 FIFA World Cup radical crippled against Italy for $100,000.
Westerhof instituted a ineligible enactment against Jo, and successful 2020, a tribunal sitting successful Arnhem, Netherlands, ruled successful favour of the AFCON 1994-winning coach.
The 78-year-old has present spoken astir their narration aft the agelong ineligible battle.
“I won’t similar to speech astir what happened betwixt us. I volition ne'er settee with Westerhof again. We volition ne'er beryllium friends again,” helium said.NFF denies owing Christian Chukwu
Legit.ng antecedently reported that the NFF denied owing Christian Chukwu aft reports emerged aft his decease that the federation owed the erstwhile manager $128,000.
The federation, done an authoritative statement, debunked the wide reports, claiming that erstwhile NFF president Amaju Pinnick acceptable up a committee that cleared each debts.
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