The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have been dealt a huge financial blow as FIFA announced it would be stopping its annual development grant to the federation after their investigation found traces of corruption in how previous grants were being spent.
The NFF received a stern letter from the governing body asking the federation to straighten their financial records.
According to africanfootball.com, the ceased grant is being estimated to be around $1.5 million.
Previously, the NFF received around $250,000 in grants per annum but the new increase came about when Gianni Infantino became president of FIFA.
The NFF had already come under immense scrutiny after Solomon Dalung expressed serious concerns on the handling of the grants after FIFA initially issued a query on how the grants given to them were spent.
Already the Glass House are under investigation by anti-corruption agency EFCC after a petition was filed against the football authority. It would be recalled that recently auditors had questioned the handling of the federation's finances for the past fiscal year.
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