It appears that all has not been heard
concerning the Nigeria Football Federation
and the timeless search for the man to
coach the Super Eagles. An NFF report early
this week had suggested that Stephen Keshi
would have his contract renewed as the
Nigeria coach on Friday but a check by The
PUNCH on Thursday revealed that the
contract signing may not hold exactly as
scheduled.
A top official of the Federation told The
PUNCH that he was only sure that a coach
would be named in Abuja but could not say
with certainty whether or not it would be
Keshi.
“What I know is that a coach for the
national team will be announced. I cannot
say exactly who is to be signed. What is
certain is that a coach for the Eagles will be
named,” he said.
But if the plan goes as indicated on
Tuesday, the NFF will announce Keshi as the
team’s coach. The NFF and the former
Nigeria captain have been in talks over a
new contract, with the body offering him a
two-year contract extension in March. The
contract will see Keshi remain on the N5m
monthly salary he earned in his previous
contract, but with the clauses in the new
package, the coach will now report directly
to the NFF technical director and the NFF
technical study group.
It is not clear if Keshi will be making the
return with his former teammate and
assistant Daniel Amokachi. The former
Everton striker has been Keshi’s first
assistant since November 2011 when he
first signed as the Eagles manager.
The NFF Technical Committee chairman,
Mr. Felix Anyasi-Agwu, told our
correspondent on Thursday that he could
speak on the matter.
He said, “I am definitely not in the best
position to know whether Amokachi will be
in or not. As you know, it is not usually our
style to decide on that but the important
thing is for us to settle the issue of who will
coach the team.”
A close associate of Amokachi told our
correspondent that the situation in Abuja is
a bit dicey.
“I understand Keshi is already in Abuja to
hold discussions as the entire outlook of
things changed with the national elections.
I won’t be surprised if a different coach is
named going by the snippets from the NFF.
“And as a matter of fact a lot of other things
may change following the result of that
presidential elections,” he said.
The Eagles will start the 2017 Africa Cup of
Nations qualifiers in June, with Nigeria in
the same group as Egypt, Tanzania and
Chad.
Keshi won the African cup as Nigeria coach
in 2013 but failed to qualify the team for
the 2015 edition which was held in
Equatorial Guinea.

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Government 's interference in football is one of the many challenges affecting football development in Nigeria.

The question is why won't they? Since they sponsor the game. Until NFF is able to sponsor itself by way of private partnership, there's no ending to these madness currently bedevilling our football.

No more god father in this or earls

Say No To Cheshi

I jes hope it is not okechukwu keshi that ll b announced...tired of that rebellious shit