The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has swiftly moved to curtail reoccuring row over bonuses by paying the Super Eagles ahead of time.
With about one week before the World Cup, the Glass House President Amaju Pinnick has met his promise to the team.
In November, the NFF signed an agreement with the players on a pay structure for bonuses, allowances and a share of the income from participation at the Mundial.
Under the agreement, the players were to be paid their qualification bonuses and share of the FIFA income in advance.
FIFA made an advance payment of $2 million, and the NFF say they raised the other $800,000 from sponsorship.
Hence, they would receive 30 per cent of the NFF’s appearance fee from FIFA, which amounts to $2.8 million.
“We said we were going to pay them before they go to the World Cup and that is what we have done,” Pinnick told KweseESPN.
“This is very important to us to fulfil our part of the agreement we signed with the players, and also provide them with all needed comforts to ensure that there is no distraction as they go to represent our country at the World Cup.”
The payments include $10,000 per player per game from qualifying through to the World Cup.
Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr pockets $15,000 per game, while his assistants get $10,000 per game.
Nigeria begin their World Cup campaign against Croatia on June 16 in Kaliningrad, before facing Iceland on June 22 and then Argentina on June 26.
