Gov Wike pays Outstanding Arrears to Rivers’ Football Clubs
The Management of Dolphins FC and Sharks FC has thanked Governor Nyesom Wike for paying the eight months salary arrears owed the clubs.
The Interim Head of Sharks FC Management Team, Daboere Dokubo, while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt on Saturday through the clubs Media Officer, Peter Abaje, revealed that the governor had kept to his promise by paying salary backlogs.
He said: “The players and officials smiled to the bank as the governor of the state paid eight months backlog of salaries owed the team.
“So much has been given to the players by the governor and we commend him for fulfilling his electioneering campaign promise to take sports to the next level.
“Players used to they had not been paid salaries, we are hungry and cannot think well in the field of play but all that is over”, he said.
The Dolphin’s manager, Stanley Eguma, also confirmed the payment at his own club, saying:
“We are optimistic as we are going to play in Kano, it is a big game but we will do our best to come out with a favourable result.
“There are issues that have affected us, some of our players are absent without leave and others are affected by injuries in their match against Ifeanyi Uba FC.
“In our 1-1 draw against Giwa FC, my players did not pick into game right in time as they were dragging their feet in the first-half.
“They could not find their rhythm in the first-half but took control of the game in the second-half after studying it.”
