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Former secretary general of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ambassador Fanny Amun, has expressed optimism that either of Stephen Keshi or Samson Siasia can handle the Super Eagles effectively depending on the targets set for them by the NFF.

Speaking with journalists in Abuja last Thursday, Amun said he could not pick one of them ahead of the other because both are good coaches, who are capable of managing the Super Eagles. He added that the NFF should pick one of them based on what the football house wants to achieve.

"The truth is that Stephen Keshi and Samson Siasia are two different individuals with different styles of doing things. One is a young lad, who is very enterprising with the willingness to take the high responsibility of being the head coach of the Nigerian senior national team. He has contributed much to the development of football in the country, that is Siasia.

"The other is a highly experienced man and very superior. He is well exposed and better matured for the job. I mean Keshi. “The issue I want to state very clearly is that the Super Eagles does not need a coach after all, what the team needs now is somebody who can coordinate and manage the excessive talent of individual footballers Nigeria has. So, between Keshi and Siasia, one is matured enough for the job, while the other is highly willing to do the job.

“It boils down to what the NFA wants. If you pick the younger person, he should not be rushed to perform and produce immediate results. He should rather be given a long-term programme. But where you choose the older person, he should do the job and get immediate results. That is my take on choosing between Keshi and Siasia whom to coach the Super Eagles," stated the coach, who won FIFA Under-17 World Cup with Golden Eaglets in 1993.

Meanwhile, ahead of the November 4 date set aside for interviewing the two short-listed coaches for the Eagles' job, former captain of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi insists that he is the best man for the job.
Speaking with Daily Sunsports from his base in the United States of America, Keshi expressed joy at being considered for the job of managing the Super Eagles and assured that he has all it takes to deliver the good and lead the national team to regain its lost glory.

“I am glad that the NFF considered me worthy for the job of handling the Super Eagles. I feel honoured and I will no doubt give my best at the interview to ensure that I grab the job. “I am well equipped to handle the Eagles because I know what it takes to manage talents that we have in the country. Having done well with the national teams of Togo and Mali under very difficult conditions, and having assisted Coach Shaibu Amodu and Bonfere Jo in the Super Eagles in the past, I think I am very, very qualified to handle the team if I am given the opportunity. At that level, you don't coach but manage stars,” he stated.

According to Keshi, talents abound in Nigeria, all that's required would be to harness them and turn them into big stars. He pointed out that the fantastic 1994 set of Eagles took Clemence Westerhof about five years to harness, and that the team was able to win the Nations Cup in 1994 and qualified the country for the World Cup the same year, was because the boys had enough time to blend well, even as they were committed and ready to die for the country.

He stated that having worked under some of the best coaches in the world both as a player and as coach, it had become ripe for him to impart his experience on young Nigerian players to enable them soar higher in their football career.

Asked if he would work with Samson Siasia in the Eagles, Keshi said that both of them played together in the national team and that it wouldn't be bad if they should work together again. But he doubted the possibility of Siasia agreeing to work with him as his assistant.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/sportsonthehour/2010/nov/01/sportsbreak-01-11-2010-001.htm

Evil Brain:
I'm not happy with Mo though. she wasted too much time asking dumb questions like "how strict are you with your children?", "how did you meet your wife?" and that kind of nonsense.

If it were me interviewing him apart form the June 12 and coup questions, these are some of the things I would have asked him:

1. Sir, since you say you didn't steal it, what really happened to the $12 billion gulf war oil windfall?

2. Sir, given your terrible civil rights record, why do you think you are fit to rule Nigeria as a democratic president? Why should the Nigerian people trust you again?

3. Considering the massive expansion of government bureaucracy and wasteful spending that occurred during your regime, do you feel personally responsible for present governments being forced to spend so much on recurrent expenditure and so little on capital?

4. SAP. Do you really still think it was a good idea? And more importantly, do you think it would have worked if you and your friends hadn't been so corrupt?

5. Sir, since you say it wasn't you, who do you think really killed Dele Giwa?

6. How can I move large amounts of money out of the country without attracting attention? I'm planning to run for councillor soon and I need some advice.

[size=13pt]Ekwueme rejected Senate President position in 1999 -Obasanjo[/size]

Written by Our Reporters
Friday, 29 October 2010
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said that former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme rejected the position of Senate President after losing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primaries in 1999.

Obasanjo made the revelation in Lagos at the launch of his new book entitled: Baba’s Story: Nigeria is 50.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the 60-page book, which was authored by a Ghanaian, Abyna-Ansaa Adjei, tells the Nigerian story from Obasanjo’s perspective.

In the book, Obasanjo is quoted as saying that Ekwueme, who was vice-president under the Shehu Shagari regime, declined the offer of senate president after losing the party’s nomination to him.

“By that time, the party founders had already agreed that Ekwueme would be the President of the Senate,” Obasanjo said.

The former ruler also defended his record in office from 1999 to 2007, stating that his administration instituted policies and programmes which helped in shaping the country.

“We made great strides in the area of education, health, telecommunications and banking.


http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/12831-ekwueme-rejected-senate-president-position-in-1999-obasanjo

chaircover:
This topic has been thrashed a number of times so OAM4J I thank God you are not Mr CC & BTW I find more married women in the gym than married men.

This is the problem many people have; they only marry their partners based on physical features/appearance and as soon as things begin to go south, east and west they suddenly fall out of love.

People must try and keep a healthy weight for health reasons more than anything else.

98% sounds like a figure the poster plucked from the air & lets face it we all cant look like Victoria Beckham   

chaircover:
Then men have a problem on their hands and they better stay single cos there is no guarantee that they will be lucky enough to marrry the 2% of women who wont get fat after marriage

chaircover:
@ OAM4ASLAP you no well o! Actually its nothing to do with the prices at ASDA, more of like its huge with its 53 checkouts and for me shopping is . . . . .

Jenny don't mind him o! he is just feeling fly at trying to be NL's resident bicycle. I am letting it be known now that I don't sell Robb or alabukun 

BTW OAM4 . . . .  how many of those pink things do you need for your unfulfilled current and ex's? special offer on multiple purchases just for you. Please be assured that the utmost discretion is our motto 

huet:
Hi House,

I am in the process of acquiring a student visa. One of the embassy's requirements is a "police character report".

Please can anyone who has got this in the past or knows how to go about it kindly inform me?

Here's my email addy: creamygirlng@yahoo.com

Thank you.

jennykadry:
@Topic

Haba 10million is too much naaa, i was expecting 500,000 thousand. So my answer is a big [size=30pt]Yes, please where can i leave/donate him?[/size]

chaircover:
abi o

With the trouble I sometimes cause him, he will even add an incentive 5 million to whoever is paying the 10 million for a quick getaway

At least he will be able to watch Soccer Am on a Saturday morning on Sky Sports in peace without me pulling him round[b] ASDA[/b] buying eggs and milk