The Association of Professional Footballers of Nigeria (APFON) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if clubs fail to pay players the minimum wage of N150,000 by August 23. This demand is one of the many resolutions made by APFON at its executive committee meeting held in Umuahia on Saturday. In a seven-point communiqué made available by its Secretary General, Austin Popo, the union said it had alerted all Nigerian footballers in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) and the Nigerian Nationwide League (NNL) to embark on industrial action if the minimum fee was not paid after the 21-day notice.
Popo said APFON will trigger this strike if the proposed talks with Sports Minister, Tammy Danagogo, the Senate and House of Representatives' committees on sports, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), League Management Company (LMC) and the club owners do not yield meaningful outcome as it concerns players' welfare. The body also wanted the sports minister and the National Assembly sports committees to arbitrate and ensure that clubs in the habit of defaulting on wages pay all outstanding monies owed players and coaches.
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