Chairman of the National Sports Commission, NSC, says the organization has been paying the salary of Super Eagles head coach Éric Chelle.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, was recently accused of owing Chelle three months salary.

However, Dikko accused the sporting media of peddling false reports of Chelle being owed backlog of salaries.

According to him, payment of Chelle’s salaries is part of NSC’s support to the NFF.

“The NSC have been paying the salaries of Eric Chelle on behalf of the NFF even though we’re not a party to the contract. This is part of our support to the NFF,” Dikko said on Arise Television’s breakfast programme, Day Break.

Chelle was appointed Super Eagles head coach in January 2025.