Former Super Eagles captain has rated low the efforts of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in their treatment to the players during the 2016 Olympics games.
“When I represented my country at the Olympics in Brazil, we had to fly there, and we waited for morning till night, waiting for a plane to take us to Brazil,” Mikel said on his podcast.
“There was no plane to take us to Brazil because there was in-fighting behind the scene of who was going to pick up the tab.
“The FA didn’t want to pick up the tab, the government I think released the money, but the FA or whoever the money got into his hands refused to release the money.
“So we waited at the airport from morning till night but there was no flight. I had to pay for that flight to take us to Brazil, and these are little things.”
Further speaking about preparations and activities of the NFF, Obi cried, “I had to sort out my hotel because the hotel they provided for us was so bad to stay in.
“I had to move to somewhere more conducive for players to perform.” he added.
Nigeria lifted bronze in the Rio Olympics games in football and Mikel who captained the side played a key role despite the poor management as he said.
