Nigeria Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has said the ongoing crisis over bonuses for the Super Falcons is pathetic.


They have refused to leave a hotel in Abuja, until they are paid $17,150 (£13,500) per player as promised by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for winning.

Mr Dalung told the BBC that the NFF was to blame for the situation for not submitting the request for funds for the team in good time. 

He said that the government was working "tirelessly" to resolve the situation and that the government was working to fix "structural problems" which have been behind similar situations with other sports federation. 

One of the players told BBC Sport that their sit-in at the Agura hotel would not end until they each player received a total of $23,650 each.