In an official statement, the company said it “may seek redress in court if the federation fails to retract the statement”.
Omodele Sarafa-Yusuf, Globacom head of sponsored assets, said that “Globacom has adhered strictly to the payment terms as specified in Clause 4.1-2 on page four of the contract signed in 2004.”
The company pays 150 million Nigerian Nairas ($1 million/€680,000) for its sponsorship of all the country’s national sides and claims to have invested over N6 billion ($40 million/€27 million) since 2003 in the development of the Nigeria teams and the Nigerian Premier League.
