NFF: 150,000 Naira Minimum Monthly Salary Deal For League Players

The league and club managers have agreed that each player registered for the Nigeria championship will earn at least 150,000 Naira monthly (less than $1,000).

This followed the abolishment of sign-on fees in the league.

“We have agreed that the minimum pay for a player in the league will now be 150,000 Naira as clubs will no longer pay sign-on fees,” the league Chief Operating Officer (COO) Salihu Abubakar said
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Several clubs including Kaduna United, Shooting Stars and most recently Heartland have already cancelled sign-on fees and now pay hefty monthly salaries.

Monday’s meeting in Abuja between the League management company (LMC) and the club managers was described by many of the participants as “mutually beneficial to all parties”.

The parley addressed the issue of a bank guarantee of a 100 million Naira by each club, among the various basic requirements to be fulfilled by the clubs before they will be registered for the new season.

The new Nigeria league season will kick off on February 23.