Nigeria :Vogts Still In NFA Payroll

The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) in conjunction with Globacom has offered to pay Berti Vogts three-month’s salary. The Glass House had served the German 30-day termination notice, which expires next week.
However, the FA’s action has been a bone of contention between both parties, with the former Super Eagles handler insisting on getting paid a hefty severance package, while the Glass House said he was only entitled to two month’s pay.
An unhappy Vogts has already taken the matter to FIFA seeking to have the football governing body interpret the terms of the contract, which he signed last February in London.
But NFA spokesman Ademola Olajire, who broke the news yesterday, said in Abuja that the association was working out an amicable resolution of the disagreement with Vogts over the termination of his contract.
“Our sponsor (Globacom) has agree to pay Vogts his three months salary from January to March, we are also going to pay what he claimed to have incurred as medical treatment bill,” Olajire said.
Olajire maintained that NFA had not receive any correspondence from FIFA on the purported petition forwarded to the world football governing body by Vogts, he, however, confirm the receipt of a letter from Vogt’s lawyer which he (Olajire) described as “termination without notice”.
“We have not received any correspondence from FIFA on Vogt’s purported petition, we have, however, received a notice from his lawyer on termination without notice complaint after the NFA has forwarded notice of termination of contract to Vogts in Germany,” Olajire said.
In agreeing to pay the former Scotland manager three months, Globacom will be parting with €150, 000.
He said the association was disturbed with the latest ranking by FIFA which placed Nigeria in the 46th in the world and 7th in Africa.
“Although this is not unexpected, we are not happy about it, we are however sure that the Eagles will bounce back, we have the World Cup qualifiers and the international friendlies which have been fixed for the FIFA window time,” he said.