The Minister of Sports, Senator John Enoh, will in two weeks time unveil the new coach for the Nigerian National team, the Super Eagles.
Recall that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has not yet announced a permanent replacement for Jose Peseiro. The Super Eagles sweat merchant relinquished his coaching job with the Super Eagles after the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in February.
Recall that in March, the NFF announced that applications were open for the job. That was to replace the former head coach ahead of the crucial World Cup qualifiers.
In a make shift stance, the Enyimba Chief Coach, Finidi George, was coopted for the coaching job. He led the Super Eagles in their last two friendly matches against Ghana and Mali.
Finidi, however, led the Super Eagles to secure a 2-1 victory over Ghana. The first win by the Eagles over Ghana Black Star in over a decade. The Enyimba coach, however, fell out of favour when the Eagles suffered a 2-0 loss to Mali in the second match.
Speaking on employing a substantive coach for the Super Eagles, Enoh who spoke in a chat with Channels Televisions Sports, said he had been in touch with the NFF.
The Minister said, “Unfortunately, the senior national team doesn’t have a coach. We played two friendlies and had just Finidi George overseeing those two matches.
“The first responsibility of getting a coach lies with the NFF. And I have been in touch with the NFF. Because I think Nigerians didn’t expect that after AFCON that it will take long to not have a coach.
“But NFF is conscious and mindful that our next qualifiers are in June. What I can assure is that in the next one or two weeks at the most, the senior national team will have a new coach.”
Eno also insisted the Super Eagles could not afford to miss out on the 2026 World Cup. The next World Cup is taking place in the USA, Mexico, and Canada.
Recall that the Super Eagles did not qualifying for the 2022 edition of the World Cup in Qatar.
Speaking further, the Minister added, “I think we have not had a tremendous start. It’s a shaky one. And therefore, there is a milage to cover given that we didn’t go for the last World Cup. We cannot afford not to go for the next, and therefore everything needs to be done.
source: Leadership
