The technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has recommended the renewal of the contract for Stephen Keshi as the senior national team head coach. On conclusion of their meeting, the committee, led by Emeka Anyansi-Agwu, tabled their recommendation to the NFF executive board yesterday. Tuesday February 10.
Ayansi, in briefing news men at the NFF headquarters, stated that the delay in the renewal of the contract was due to the thorough search by the committee to get the best hands for the job.
He also explained that the committee has been in contact with the coach contrary to media reports where Keshi was quoted to have denied any approach by the committee.
According to Anyansi, “If anyone is saying that he has not been paid for about two months that he handled the team without contract, that cannot be true. Keshi is my personal friend and we don’t hold anything against him.”
Keshi, who has been out of contract since the end of the Super Eagles’ 2014 World Cup campaign, failed to qualify Nigeria for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea two years after he led the team to win the 2013 title. You would also recall that due to the intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan, Keshi was retained as coach after he was sacked late in 2014 by the NFF.