The technical director of the NFF has asked the Super Eagles
trainer to leave after failing to take the African champions to
Afcon 2015
Former Nigeria coach Shaibu Amodu has told Stephen Keshi
to stop his demand for a new contract and quit after failing to
lead the Super Eagles to the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
The defending African champions failed to reach January’s
Afcon after placing third in a group that included South Africa,
Congo and Sudan.
Amodu, recently appointed as Technical Director by the
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), said that the Big Boss
should not expect the NFF to offer him a fresh contract.
"Stephen Keshi alone will decide if he has a reputation or he
does not have a reputation. If he has a reputation he will
walk out of the job, if he does not have, he should stay like a
beggar,” Amodu said.
"To keep Keshi is bad precedence because when Samson
Siasia failed, we came on air to tell the whole country that he
had failed [and] that he should go.
“President Goodluck Jonathan could not save him, so if we
want to live on those standards, what is good for the goose is
good for the gander. But you must know that this is my
personal opinion.”
Amodu also revealed his decision not to take over the team
for their last pair of Afcon qualifiers.
“As a coach, you are as good as your last game. If as at the
time I was asked to oversee the two remaining Afcon
qualifiers, I would have been assumed to have failed,” he
said.
Both Amodu and Keshi worked together in 2002 as the Eagles
finished third at the Afcon in Mali.
Meanwhile, the leadership of NFF led by Amaju Pinnick has
declared that the federation was still in talks which could
possibly hand Keshi a new contract.
According to Pinnick, “We even spoke with him on Monday,
agreement is not something you rush. Both sides have to
agree on certain terms. We are also looking at who can work
amicably with others.”
Nigeria are not in a hurry to settle the coaching job as their
next international engagements come up in March 2015.

keshi lacks dignity.