The Nigeria
Football Federation has dissociated itself from the failure of a plan to have
Thursday’s international friendly between the Super Eagles and Teranga Lions of
Senegal in London streamed live to interested Nigerians.
This comes as
organisers said they will refund money
to people who paid to watch the game via live-streaming.
NFF’s Director
of Media and Communications, Ademola Olajire explained that the task of having
the game put up on livestream, as well as other details like TV production and
stadium readiness, was entirely that of the organizers, Eurodata Sport.
“The
livestreaming of the match had nothing to do with the NFF. Our clear
responsibility was to present a team, by the name Super Eagles of Nigeria,
while other tasks were squarely on the plate of the Match Agent.
Our Official
FIFA Match Agent, Jairo Pachon of Eurodata Sport had an agreement with some
firm in Nigeria to livestream the match, through receiving signals from the
production team at the stadium, but a technical hitch that arose late in the
day conspired to make that impossible.
“Mr. Jairo Pachon himself has explained
that the hitch was brought to his notice at about 8pm on Thursday, just as the
match was kicking off. There was definitely no attempt by the NFF or its Match
Agent to scam anyone.”
Jairo Pachon told
thenff.com that the company will
refund the full money paid by people who subscribed for the game but saw
nothing.
“We have the highest regard for fans of Nigerian football worldwide
and will never take them for granted. The company concerned will refund in full
the monies paid by people who wanted to watch the match on livestream.
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