The Nigerian Football Federation Communications Department made this known on Tuesday, the release of funds is coming hours after the players staged a protest over their outstanding bonuses and allowances at the Helnan Palestine Hotel in Egypt. The The protest saw the Eagles shun Wednesday ’s pre-match conference and they were 20 minutes late for training ahead of the Group B game against Guinea.

NFF ’s vice president , Sheyi Akinwunmi said “We want to specially thank President Muhammadu Buhari for his keen interest in resolving this matter quickly, which has enabled us to receive part of the money in record time, we have immediately started the process of converting the money to American Dollars at the Central Bank in order to pay the players the bonus for the win over Burundi three days ago as well as plan for subsequent games.”