{"id":6094,"date":"2020-08-17T06:32:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T06:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6094"},"modified":"2020-08-17T06:32:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T06:32:45","slug":"nff-still-raising-funds-for-eagles-afcon-world-cup-qualifiers-says-pinnick-%e2%80%a2-federation-meets-with-pwc-to-disburse-fifa-covid-19-palliatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6094","title":{"rendered":"NFF still raising funds for Eagles\u2019 AFCON, World Cup qualifiers, says Pinnick    \u2022 Federation meets with PWC to disburse FIFA COVID-19 palliatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">NFF still raising funds for Eagles\u2019 AFCON, World Cup qualifiers, says Pinnick<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\">\u2022 Federation meets with PWC to disburse FIFA COVID-19 palliatives<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has disclosed that the body is still trying to raise more funds to ensure the Super Eagles\u2019 success at the Nations Cup and World Cup qualifiers when hostilities begins.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Pinnick said despite the Federation\u2019s decision last week to disburse the FIFA, CAF and other sponsors\u2019 COVID-19 relief funds to its associates, the Federation still needed money for the qualifiers, which fall under a different category in its engagements.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Pinnick, the prevailing economic situation of the country occasioned by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the financial logistics involved in the movement of Super Eagles\u2019 players from venue to venue and organisation of tune up matches now attract higher amount of money due to the rise in travelling logistics and other 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