Ibom Angels Girls Being Treated Like Slaves

Ibom Angels Girls Being Treated Like Slaves

All isn&rsquo;t well in the camp of Ibom Angels as the Nigeria Women Premier League (NWPL) team haven&rsquo;t been well catered for by the club management in the ongoing league season.<br /><br />The team is on half salary despite their good performance in the Group A of the top tier division.<br /><br />May, June and July salaries was paid in half. The girls are yet to receive their August remuneration as they face a bleak future.<br /><br />The highest paid player in Ibom Angels has a monthly salary of N55, 000. <br /><br />The girls are only given N1,500 daily for feeding in most cases when they travel for away games and sleep three per room in a sub-standard hotel.<br /><br />Players are usually treated like slaves. The girls train like a glorified amateur side as they usually appear in foreign jersey instead of the official club training kits.<br /><br />There is no water system in the girls camp. Away match bonus of N20,000 and home bonus of N10,000 hasn&rsquo;t been paid as at filing this report.<br /><br />According to a top source in Uyo,&nbsp; this development isn&rsquo;t acceptable and against the agreement reached with the pay masters and the players.<br /><br />It was learnt that the poor turnout of players and officials in training might be due to alleged failure to receive full salaries and the poor working condition at the club.<br /><br />Payment of half salaries to the players might not be unconnected with alleged paucity of fund.<br /><br />A source in the team&rsquo;s camp, who preferred anonymity said all the state government tried to do was to ensure resources was available to the team and how the monies are spent is a riddle to him.<br /><br />The case of the girls at their camp is an eyesaw. The landlord even threatened to send them packing because of how poor his facility has been handled. Their two-year rent was only paid partly three weeks ago.<br /><br />Players have been warned not to protest as there are spies ready to expose the rebellious ones to the Sports Commissioner and Akwa Ibom FA Chairman.<br /><br />Efforts to reach the Sports Commissioner Emmanuel Uko and FA Chairman Emmanuel Ibah on the matter proved abortive.<br /><br />Ibom Angels are third in the Group A of the NWPL table with 21 points from 11 games.<br /><br />Igho Kingsley <br />
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