Babalola Oluwatomiwa
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The Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) are yet to make a decision over the future of Stephen Keshi with the Super Eagles national team.
Keshi failed to qualify Nigeria for the 2015 African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea, after drawing 2-2 at home to South Africa in the last qualifying match.
The 52-year old was initially laid off by the NFF but brought back to finish off the qualifying matches on the insistence of President Goodluck Jonathan.
It is not know yet whether the NFF will now get permission from the Presidency before firing or still retaining Keshi as coach.
The NFF executive board met after Nigeria failed to qualify for the Nations Cup, but did not mention if there is a decision reached to give Keshi a new contract or not.
However, Shaibu Amodu has been handed a substantive appointment as the technical director of the NFF while Emmanuel Ikpeme would assist him.
The NFF executive committee also announced that it will be sending the likes of Amodu, Nwankwo Kanu, Garba Lawal, Yisa Shofoluwe, Austin Okocha, Ann Chiejine, Florence Omagbemi, Edema Fuludu, Dahiru Sadi, Siji Lagunju, David Ngodigha as well as five coaches from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), Paul Aigbogun, Kelechi Emeteole, Salisu Yusuf, John Obuh and Ladan Bosso "on a two–week, intensive training programme in the United Kingdom."
The NFF explained that the 17 persons will undergo training "to improve the quality of coaching, match–reading and backroom analysis." However, from the list Keshi or any of his backroom staff are pencilled down for the programme.
The NFF has also constituted a Technical Study Group which former Nigeria international, Okocha, will head.
Others in the study group include Benedict Akwuegbu, Celestine Babayaro, Michael Obiku, Darlington Omodiagbe, Finidi George, Taribo West, Tijani Babangida, Kashimawo Laloko, Henry Nwosu, Peter Rufai, Dominic Iorfa, Nwankwo Kanu, Dahiru Sadi, Gbenga Ogunbote, Mutiu Adepoju, Florence Omagbemi, Mercy Akide-Udoh, Ann Chiejine, Eucharia Uche, Salisu Yusuf, Alloy Agu and Benedict Iroha.
The NFF said that the Technical Study Group will focus: "on getting talented Nigerian players into the developmental leagues in Europe for the purpose of creating a pool of future Super Eagles’ players, and work hard at getting more Nigeria–born footballers in Europe to commit to representing fatherland."
Keshi failed to qualify Nigeria for the 2015 African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea, after drawing 2-2 at home to South Africa in the last qualifying match.
The 52-year old was initially laid off by the NFF but brought back to finish off the qualifying matches on the insistence of President Goodluck Jonathan.
It is not know yet whether the NFF will now get permission from the Presidency before firing or still retaining Keshi as coach.
The NFF executive board met after Nigeria failed to qualify for the Nations Cup, but did not mention if there is a decision reached to give Keshi a new contract or not.
However, Shaibu Amodu has been handed a substantive appointment as the technical director of the NFF while Emmanuel Ikpeme would assist him.
The NFF executive committee also announced that it will be sending the likes of Amodu, Nwankwo Kanu, Garba Lawal, Yisa Shofoluwe, Austin Okocha, Ann Chiejine, Florence Omagbemi, Edema Fuludu, Dahiru Sadi, Siji Lagunju, David Ngodigha as well as five coaches from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), Paul Aigbogun, Kelechi Emeteole, Salisu Yusuf, John Obuh and Ladan Bosso "on a two–week, intensive training programme in the United Kingdom."
The NFF explained that the 17 persons will undergo training "to improve the quality of coaching, match–reading and backroom analysis." However, from the list Keshi or any of his backroom staff are pencilled down for the programme.
The NFF has also constituted a Technical Study Group which former Nigeria international, Okocha, will head.
Others in the study group include Benedict Akwuegbu, Celestine Babayaro, Michael Obiku, Darlington Omodiagbe, Finidi George, Taribo West, Tijani Babangida, Kashimawo Laloko, Henry Nwosu, Peter Rufai, Dominic Iorfa, Nwankwo Kanu, Dahiru Sadi, Gbenga Ogunbote, Mutiu Adepoju, Florence Omagbemi, Mercy Akide-Udoh, Ann Chiejine, Eucharia Uche, Salisu Yusuf, Alloy Agu and Benedict Iroha.
The NFF said that the Technical Study Group will focus: "on getting talented Nigerian players into the developmental leagues in Europe for the purpose of creating a pool of future Super Eagles’ players, and work hard at getting more Nigeria–born footballers in Europe to commit to representing fatherland."
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