Sports Briefs
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WITH the crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, over the appointment of a foreign coach for the Super Eagles, Solomon Dalung, minister of sports, has threatened to overhaul the NFF if the body fails to put its house in order. Rising from a crisis meeting on Tuesday, April 5, Dalung demanded justification from the leadership of the NFF over their planned moved to hire a foreign coach for the country’s national football team.
The minister gave the NFF four weeks to submit a comprehensive report on why it wants to hire a foreign coach for the Super Eagles. Dalung and the executive board of the NFF met for over two hours with the biggest topic of discussion centred on Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations and the NFF’s decision to hire a foreign coach for the team.
Among other things, the report from the NFF is expected to be clear on how the salaries of the hired coach will be paid as the minister was unequivocal on the fact that he would not shoulder such expenses. “Money released by the ministry to NFF does not include payment of their coaches. They have to mop up money from wherever and pay the coaches,” the minister said.
Amaju Pinnick, NFF president, is insisting on a foreign coach for the Super Eagles following its failure to make the next Africa Cup of Nations after losing out to Egypt, but Dalung remains unconvinced that no Nigeria coach is good enough. “I cannot put our World Cup hopes on a local coach. We need a world class coach who can reshape our football,” Pinnick said.
— Apr 18, 2016 @ 01:00 GMT
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