NFF’s Chief Emeka Inyama
African champions Nigeria has opted out of next year’s Championship of African Nations (CHAN) due to poor finances.
The Home Eagles are due in June to battle Cote d’Ivoire in a qualifier for the tournament reserved for players featuring in their respective domestic leagues in the continent.
The forthcoming CHAN will be staged early next year in South Africa.
Nigeria has twice failed to qualify for the tournament proper.
NFF Executive Committee Member, Emeka Inyama, said the association had to take this decision because it is cash strapped.
"The home-based Eagles won't play in the CHAN as we have withdrawn from the qualifiers due to lack of funds,” Inyama announced.
“We have a lot of financial commitments and we have to look at the competitions in order of importance," he noted
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