Sunshine Stars Players Protest Unpaid Wages

Sunshine Stars

Sunshine Stars players have threatened to take to the streets if the club management refuses to settle their outstanding salaries and match bonuses.

The Akure Gunners finished sixth in the just concluded Nigeria Professional Football League season, and the players claimed they have been abandoned by the Akin Akinbobola led board owing to their inability to grab a continental ticket.

In the fore of this complaint are Prince Aggreh, Tunde Adeniji and goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa who expressed their agony over the three-month salaries and 11 games bonuses.

“We gave our all during the season, played with injury and we are celebrating this festive season on empty stomach,” a key member of the team told Goal.com

“The management has always treated us as slaves and not assets. All we want is that they should pay us our salaries else we are going to take to the streets like FC Taraba.

“Most of us are ashamed to go home for Christmas because we have nothing to give our family after a torrid season. This is unacceptable.”

However, the management told Goal.com that the players will smile home soon as the club are not losing grip over the situation.

“It is so sad that we have found ourselves in this situation. We hold our players in high esteem and share in their pains,” Media Officer of the club, Wahab Bankole, told Goal.com

“I can assure you that all hands are on deck to ensure our players are paid and hopefully early next year, they will be credited in their bank accounts.

“Our plan was to pay them before the end of the season, but the money we expected from our source did not come as plan.

“I want to appeal to be players to stay calm as the management is having sleepless nights to ensure they are happy,” he concluded.

Aside from the Owena Waves, players of Enyimba , Warri Wolves, Nasarawa United, FC Taraba amongst other have lamented the inability of their club managements to pay them their remunerations .

Source:Thisday Live