Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh
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Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick, has again
insisted that new Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, remained the best
option for the team. He stated that Nigeria got the former Eagles
captain even as other African countries lined up to recruit him.
Pinnick reiterated the position of the
NFF on Tuesday via Twitter and the federation’s website as he defended
some decisions of the FA that had taken public scrutiny.
He said, “We have no regrets appointing
Sunday Oliseh. Other African countries were gunning for him, but he
opted for his country. Oliseh’s stock in international football is high
because apart from his work with FIFA, he has a company that trains and
grades coaches all over the world.
“What the NFF, Oliseh, the League
Management Company and other aspects of Nigerian football need is
support from everyone, and patience, so that we can put in place our
developmental programmes that will take the country’s game to a new
height.”
Former Eagles coach Stephen Keshi had said many times that he was wanted by many African countries.
In response to the regular criticisms of
Oliseh due to his lack of experience, Pinnick responded that his
national team playing career, which saw him winning the Africa Cup of
Nations’ gold, silver and bronze, Olympic gold and working with the FIFA
Technical Study Group, would take care of that area.
“Experience is accumulation of knowledge over time to be used in a given situation. Technology provides immediate solution.
“Oliseh won’t be only a coach; he will be manager of the Super Eagles.”
The NFF president added that Nigeria had the quality, population, and the wherewithal to be a strong voice internationally.
Pinnick then urged critics of Nigerian
football to be constructive and not destructive, and to cultivate the
habit of proffering alternative solutions whenever they feel that the
federation’s decisions were not good enough.
“Instead of simply castigating those at
the helm of affairs, we should have tendency to offer what we believe
are better solutions for specific issues. It is not about one person; it
is about our dear country, Nigeria.
“When I and other persons at the helm of
Nigerian football travel out of the country, we go out there to project
the Nigerian game, to seek for partners for Nigerian football so that
we can actualise our developmental plans.”
The NFF boss expressed delight at the
impact of the federation’s capacity-building programmes, which has seen
referees and coaches going to the United Kingdom for training.
“We can all see the impact of the
new orientation in our referees who handle league matches, and everyone
is now talking about the league again. We will soon begin to see the
impact of the coaches’ training in match analysis, and we also have
plans to send some administrators for similar programmes.”
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