WAFCON Fallout : Prominent football stakeholder Ayodele Thomas calls for forensic examination of Super Falcons’ allowances

Following recent revelations that non payment of allowances to Super Falcons’ contributed to the team’s poor performance at the just concluded Women African Cup of Nations ( WAFCON) in Morocco, women football promoter and a critical stakeholder in Nigerian football Ayodele Thomas has called for a forensic audit of Super Falcons’ allowances to unravel the truth.

Thomas a prominent FIFA-licensed football agent, and the CEO of TopPro Sport Management Ltd, stated that the girls lost the championship even before the first match was played which he attributed to non settlement of their allowances.

“I was in Morocco during the last WAFCON and a lot of Super Falcons’ players told me categorically that all they have been paid as at that time was $3000.

” Two days ago, I spoke with one of the players who told me that they have not paid them. And one begins to ask where is the $100,000 promised the team by Mr. President almost two years ago.

” I want to tell you that those players went to Morocco already defeated. You cannot continue to owe players and use force to ensure that they comply and don’t come out to speak. They’ll not speak in public but they’ll speak in private”, he stressed.

Thomas, a veteran Real Estate Professional and member,  the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors United Kingdom and Nigeria Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers explained that the worrisome aspect of the whole saga was that NSC said they have fully paid the bonuses of Super Falcons’ to the NFF and the NFF claimed they have paid the players, while the players in turn said they’ve not been paid which means that someone is not telling the truth.

He noted that to unravel the truth, a forensic examination should be carried out by an independent body.

“I think the best way to unravel the truth is through an independent forensic examination to unravel the truth because if you say you’ve paid, the bank details it was paid into, where it was paid and how much was paid should be provided.

“These are public records that must be provided because they are somewhere. They will be somewhere in the bank and the bank would be able to tell us when, who and how much was paid.

” I want to say that whether you believe it or not, the players are speaking privately. So the morale of those girls were shattered even before the tournament started which affected their performance”,, Thomas a former board member of Nigeria Women Football League concluded.