Minister for Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung said on Thursday that he was yet to give his consent for the recruitment of a foreign coach for the Super Eagles.
Dalung stated this
while speaking with newsmen in Lagos.
The minister, who was
speaking against the backdrop of reports that the ministry had endorsed the
recruitment of a foreign coach, said the Nigeria Football Federation was yet to
convince him to see the need to hire a foreign coach for the team.
“I have never given an
approval for the recruitment of a foreign coach.
“I have been approach
by the federation for the recruitment of the foreign coach, and I said
`convince me as to why a foreign coach is the best’, and they said, `well we
have not received a technical report of the match that we played and crashed
out’.
“So, they will give me
that report alongside convincing reason for a foreign coach.
“Then I said well in
doing that also try to answer this question: `why is it not possible to pay
Nigerian coaches salaries, but it will be possible for us to recruit a foreign
coach and pay’ and they said `somebody has declared interest’.
“And I put the second
question: `can you also ask that same person why he is he not interested in
giving us money to pay Nigeria coaches and see how they will fair than going to
recruit foreign coaches’.
“So, if I am
understood to have endorsed a foreign coach, I think it’s a misconception.
“I haven’t endorsed a
foreign coach, but I am still demanding a convincing reason I should believe in
a foreign coach.’’
NAN reports that the
Super Eagles is presently being handled by Samson Siasia.
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