- Players of Rivers United on Tuesday morning stormed the Rivers state government House
- The players want the government to pay them their sign on fees for the 2014/15 season
Players of Rivers United who are Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) campaigners on Tuesday morning, December 19 stormed the Rivers state government House in Port Harcourt.
The players went there to demand the payment of their 2014/15 sign on fees from the Rivers state government under the leadership of Governor Nyesom Wike.
A player of Rivers United who will not want his name to be on print revealed to NAIJ.com that players got livid when they confirmed that Governor Wike has approved the payment of their money long time ago.
Rivers United players in front of the government House (photo: NSM)
''Yes, we are in front of the government House in Port Harcourt and we will not leave here until they pay us our money. We have been told that the Governor has approved the money, and the Commissioner for Sports has refused to pay us,'' the player told NAIJ.com
NAIJ.com also tried to reach Rivers state Commissioner for Sports Iyaye Boma, but his phone was off as at the time of writing this report.
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Sign on fees has become a serious headache in the Nigeria top flight football as hardly would you see a club that are not owing their players this fees.
Nigerian players storm Rivers state government House, demand their entitlement (photo: NSM)
But the League Management Company (LMC) who are in charge of the NPFL have cancelled the payment of sign on fees and however advised clubs to engage in the payment of impressive salaries.
Sign on fees are usually paid to players of the Nigeria Premier League towards the end of the season in which many players will take home nothing less than N3 million.
Players of Rivers United (photo: NSM)
Some clubs have abolished the payment of sign on fees and engage in fat salaries in which a player will be collecting N400, 000 monthly and there will not be a need for payment of sign on fees.
The clubs that engage in sign on fees are clubs that pay their players monthly salaries of N50,000 in which they will compensate them with sign on fees at the end of the season.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng
ROSY CREST
Tuesday, 19 December 2017