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FIFA orders NFF to pay Rohr $378k compensation fee
<h4><span style="font-size: 20px;">The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been ordered by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) to pay $378,000 in compensation to former Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr.</span></h4>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">A few weeks before the start of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which Cameroon will host, Rohr was fired by the NFF in December.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">The NFF highlighted the Super Eagles&#8217; dismal showing in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying as justification for their choice.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">The NFF and Rohr initially agreed that the soccer organization would pay the German until his contract&#8217;s expiration in December 2022.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">The 68-year-old later complained to FIFA about the NFF&#8217;s wrongful dismissal of him, which he viewed as a breach of contract.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">In its decision, FIFA also stated that the NFF will face sanctions if Rohr&#8217;s payment is not made in full within 45 days.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">&#8220;If full payment (including all applicable interest) is not made within 45 days of notification of this decision, the respondent [the NFF] shall be restricted receiving a percentage of development funding, up until the due amounts are paid,” the body said</span></p>