Nigeria Professional Footballer should earn Four Million Naira monthly, Gafar Liameed.

A top Nigerian football administrator is making a quest for the Nigeria football league players to earn significantly more than what they currently earned.

Gafar Liameed, Chairman, 36Lion Football Club. Reacting to varying issues on Nigeria Sports Mouthpiece (NSM) Gafar Liameed, the Chairman of 36 Lion football club said an average Nigeria footballer should earn at least four million naira monthly. Excerpt from the interview. Most of private clubs are not fully professional yet so now do we want to leave our semi professional status and become amateurs? Yes, football is a huge business, making maximum profit should be the end result. But Who are the owners of the business or the conductors? In Nigeria it is NFF so we must adhere to NFF's rules and regulations. For me as a private club owner, competitions with Government clubs is my benchmark. I also think Government should stay in football as long as possible. Because for now private clubs cannot afford reasonable salaries for normal professional players in Nigeria. Some clubs pay between Five hundred thousand to a million Naira per month which is still not enough as far as I am concern. An average Nigeria Professional footballer should earn at least four million naira monthly. (But) can we private clubs pay that (money) right now or anytime soon? Majority of us agitate for government's hands off football yet we triumphantly accept government clubs appointment when called upon. What is that? Hypocrisy?! If government hands off football today. Football will die tomorrow.

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