Lagos (Nigeria) Sep 6 (IANS) Nigeria s football governing body said it has opted to pay players and officials of the Super Eagles full match bonus for Monday s crunchy 2018 FIFA World Cup encounter against Cameroon in Yaounde.
The players and officials will receive their full match bonuses even though the tie in Yaounde ended in a draw the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said in a statement on Tuesday reports Xinhua news agency.
NFF President Amaju Pinnick who disclosed this to the team said preparations for next month s big encounter against Chipolopolo of Zambia had started in earnest.
"Nothing will be left to chance. It is a very big match and the way things have turned out against Cameroon it is now an even bigger match than the ones we played against Cameroon " he added.
"There must be no room for error " Pinnick said.
Vincent Aboubakar s 75th minute penalty kick on Sunday in Yaounde cancelled out Moses Simon s 30th minute goal for Nigeria to draw 1-1 with hosts Cameroon in a Russia 2018 Qualifier.
The Super Eagles now have 10 points from four matches having won their first three matches and thus stay atop the group s table.
The qualifiers will end on November 6 with the group winners qualifying for Russia 2018.
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