The Nigeria Football Federation has assured
that it is working on immortalizing coaching
legends Shaibu Amodu and Stephen Keshi, who
both passed on last month.


NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi
reiterated this while receiving in his office on
Thursday, the newly –appointed National
Technical Director, Mr. Bitrus Bewarang.


Amodu, the only person to have coached the
Super Eagles in four different periods, was the
National Technical Director before his death
on Saturday, June 11. Keshi, the longest –
serving captain of the team and who also
coached the team to win the Africa Cup of
Nations and reach the Round of 16 at the FIFA
World Cup, passed on three days earlier.



“The NFF is liasing with the Government
through the Federal Ministry of Youth and
Sports, with regards to the immortalization of
the two icons of our football who died last
month. Both men contributed immensely to
the development of Nigeria football and will
never be forgotten.



“The NFF Board has immense confidence in
your person that you will be able to fit quite
well into the shoes left by late Coach Amodu
and perhaps come up with great ideas to
enhance the workings of the Technical
department,” Sanusi told Bewarang, who is
president of the Nigeria Football Coaches
Association.



On Wednesday, Mr. Abdulrafiu Yusuf (Assistant
Director, Technical) and Dr. Robinson Okosun
(Head, Psychology Unit) represented the NFF
at the 40thday Fidau prayer for the soul of the
departed Amodu at his home in Okpella, Edo
State.



The final burial rites for late Stephen Keshi will
begin on Wednesday, July 27 with a lying-in-
state in Abuja, and culminate in internment at
his hometown, Illa, Delta State on Friday, July
29.
http://www.thenff.com/2016/07/nff-we-are-working-on-immortalizing-amodu-keshi/

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