Technical committee chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation, Chris Green has insisted that coach Sunday Oliseh acted unprofessionally, when he decided to criticise the NFF over the Super Eagles failed mission at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda.

Nigeria was dumped from the tournament by Guinea, after making a good start winning 4-1 against Niger Republic and drawing against Tunisia in the group C pairings. Oliseh said his boys played half-heartedly because they were not paid any allowances. The NFF debunked his claim, and an otherwise good relationship between the NFF and coach Oliseh appeared strained.

File: Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh, leading the Eagles for a light work out, ahead of their opening match against Niger Republic in a Group C fixture at the 2016 African Nations Championship at the Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali.

Green, speaking with Thecable.ng stoke the fire when he reminded Oliseh that other national coaches found themselves without pay; yet they delivered.

“I don’t think it is very fair to the NFF that Oliseh would say the team was not motivated.

“ He was given all the support. His programmes to camp in Nigeria and Pretoria in South Africa were approved and executed. In South Africa, he had good matches to play, which he played. These were part of the preparations for the CHAN tournament.

“Ordinarily, in a tournament where one will have domestic players, one would have said they should remain in the country and prepare. But in this case, in total obedience to the programme of the coach, they had to leave Nigeria and went to Pretoria. And so, I will not want to say that the NFF did not motivate the team.

“What about Samson Siasia’s team that played all the way to the final and won the cup without being paid their match bonuses and allowances? What about Emmanuel Amuneke that played till the final and won the World Cup in Chile without being paid?

“Also, what about the girls that went to Namibia and won? They all know that their money will be paid to them. And I can assure you that very soon, all debts will be cleared when the NFF receives its money.”