The Super Eagles head coach, Stephen
Keshi, has agreed to sign a N6million
contract with the Nigeria Football
Federation, NFF, and the Sports Ministry
as soon as the NFF crisis comes to an
end.
The Sports Minister and Chairman of
the National Sports Commission, NSC,
Tamuno Danagogo, told journalists in
Abuja on Thursday evening the current
crisis has been causing hitches in
Keshi’s contract else he would have
signed another one.
Mr. Danagogo also revealed that the
Aminu Maigari-led board was not keen
on rehiring Stephen Keshi.
“We all know that Keshi’s contract
expired after the World Cup and we
were trying to see whether they would
negotiate with him, then Maigari was
suspended. Umeh came in and
reopened talks with him. They said they
cannot pay. But we have a match on
September 6 so I had to intervene,” he
explained
He said he waded in by contacting
Keshi and offering him a new contract.
“I asked Keshi if he was desirous to
handle the team again and he said yes.
I then asked him to come, assuring him
that I would take care of what it takes
for him to handle the team for the two
matches we have in September after
which we can talk about the contract,”
the Minister said.
He disclosed that the difference
between what the Federation offered
Keshi and the coach’s request was a
million naira.
“It is just about N1 million and we
believe that it is no longer a challenge,”
he said.
Keshi’s contract as the Super Eagles
head coach expired immediately after
the Brazil 2014 World Cup.
He will however oversee the Super
Eagles when the team faces Congo or
Rwanda in the September 6 Africa Cup
of Nations qualifier in Calabar.

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Good one. More reasonable than the 20 million naira Kesh was asking for