‘Where is that money’ - Ex-Super Falcons coach calls out NFF to explain spending of ₦1.4 billion World Cup fund

The NFF have come under criticism in recent weeks, with Nigerians accusing the body of misusing funds allocated to them for tournaments.

It was reported weeks ago that the NFF receives funds from FIFA yearly for sports development and also for tournament preparations.

However, there has been no accountability and no structural usefulness of those funds allocated to them.

In a video that has recently resurfaced and is gaining traction online, Waldrum claims the NFF received $960,000 (approximately N1.4 billion) from the governing body of world football in October 2022. 

"I have a real close contact here in the US that is very connected with some of the board at FIFA," Waldrum stated in the video. 

"This person told me that in October, every country was given $960k from FIFA to prepare for the World Cup. Where is that money?"

"If Nigeria got that money, why didn’t we have a camp in November?" he questioned. "We went to Japan, we flew in and played the game and went home. 

“Some of our players didn’t arrive until the morning before the game... Five players who were going to start for me arrived the night before."

"If countries don’t have the money to buy business class tickets for everybody, FIFA will fund the money and buy those tickets and just deduct it from the money you get from FIFA after the World Cup," he explained. "So there’s no excuse."

"I don't have an analyst and I scout," he said. "The US has a scout in Europe, watching teams play... We don’t even have scouts going with us to Australia. If we get out of our group, I don’t even have anybody to scout games in other groups."

These allegations resurface as the NFF works to arrange an international friendly for the Super Falcons during the upcoming FIFA window, with the team preparing for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.