By Tony Ubani, in South Africa
Eagles top players and Nigeria Football Federation officials have been locked in discussions on when they will paid their share of the World Cup qualification bonus totaling 1m dollars (about N150m).

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The players also spoke about the additional 9 million dollars (about N1.3b) that will come to the team after the group matches.

It was gathered that the players accosted the NFF president, Sanni Lulu on the said FIFA dole out teams that qualified and participated to certain level of the for the World Cup. The players demanded that  their share of the money to paid without delay.

Non-playing captain Nwankwo Kanu, Joseph Yobo, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Dickson Etuhu and Danny Shittu were the players who met with the NFF president to press home their demands. The players according to NFF source were worried that they will not get their share of the qualification bonus once the World Cup is over.

“There was a meeting between the players and the NFF concerning the qualification bonus. But the NFF made it clear to the players that FIFA has not paid any money to them,”said the NFF source.

This issue remained a top of debate in the camp of the Eagles prior to their game against South Korea last Tuesday. The players are worried that the NFF may not pay them their share of the money.