KESHI TO PAY COACH’S SALARY

S. Keshi

Nigeria’s coach Stephen Keshi has opted to pay his Togolese assistant Valere Houandinou, who was affected by a backroom shake-up.

Valere, who also worked with Keshi to qualify Togo to the 2006 World Cup, was laid off by Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) recently for lack of funds.

“Keshi has decided to shoulder the burden of paying Valere’s salary after the NFF said it was running low on funds to carry the huge wage bill of the Super Eagles,” Keshi’s brother and manager, Emmanuel Keshi confirmed to MTNFootball.com.

“The decision by the big boss is to support the NFF through these difficult times because President Aminu Maigari is a good man who has been very sincere and supportive in ensuring that the Eagles succeed.

“As part of the efforts towards moving forward, Keshi has resolved to use his goodwill for the NFF, remember President Goodluck Jonathan gave him a blank cheque upon his return from South Africa, Keshi intends to cash that cheque now by appealing to the President to support the NFF.

“You would agree with me that the burden on the NFF is huge, the U17, U20 and Super Eagles all preparing at the same time.”

Source: The Nation