The Chairman of Remo Star Club, Kunle Soname, on Thursday, recommended punishment for any football club management in Nigeria found wanting of not paying the salaries and allowances of its players.
Soname said that any football club management in the country found culpable of playing players they could not afford to pay for, should face the full wrath of the soccer law.
He spoke at a Press Conference, organised by Sport Writers Association of Nigeria, Ogun State, chapter held at M. K. O Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta.
Soname who also own a football club in Portugal said that lack of paying players salaries and allowances by football club management is the ” only thing hampering the growth of democratic football in Nigeria “.
He described as a “systematic cheating” the refusal of some club management in Nigeria not paying
their players salaries and allowances, saying that it was the highest level of cheating.
According to the chairman the law that stipulates some measure of sanction on any football club management who refuses to pay its players salaries and allowances should be implemented.
He said ” the provisions are there that you should not owe anybody more than three months whether players or suppliers or anybody, appropriate sanctions should be followed, but we have never seen being sanctioned. The laws are there all we should do is to implement the law”.
Soname hinted that football club managements in Nigeria would never witness any meaningful development until they started catering for the welfare of their players.
” Football club management will still be at infancy if they are not sanctioned for not paying their players their salaries and allowances ” he stressed .
The chairman however vowed not to owe any players of his club ” i will never owe any player and i will never owe anybody any bonus. “
