President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick , has stated that the federation is yet to receive COVID -19 palliatives from world body FIFA and CAF .
Pinnick, who spoke during an interview with BBC, said once the federation took delivery of the funds, external auditors , PricewaterhouseCoopers , would ensure they were properly distributed.
FIFA has approved $1 m as universal solidarity grant to all member associations , while an additional $ 500, 000 was specifically assigned for women’ s football .
CAF also released $ 300 , 000 as grant to mitigate challenges as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, while the NFF got $ 200 , 000 from sponsors Nike and Coca Cola .
“ We ’ ve not received all the money , we’ ve not received the one from CAF , we’ ve not received from FIFA , once we receive , we are talking to PWC so that it ’s not just distribution , they have to monitor how it is done, they have to monitor what we are doing to ensure it gets to the end users, ” Pinnick told
BBC.
“ Once we get the money, we will notify the ministry , the only one we have right now is what we have been able to warehouse from Cocacola and Nike . You can see that it is $ 2 m – $ 1 .5 m from FIFA , $ 300 , 000 from CAF and $ 200 ,000 from the federation . We are going to religiously adhere to that principle. ”
