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Nigeria gives conditions for hiring of foreign football coaches

Xinhua, April 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Nigerian government on Tuesday gave the football federation conditions for the hiring of foreign coaches for the national team.

Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung said the executive committee members needed to convince him of the competence of the foreign coaches they had in mind.

He told reporters that the issue of foreign coaches was debated extensively, but it was still referred to the technical committee alongside the NFF to show the cost and why the option of foreign coaches is viable.

He also said it was wrong for people to call for the resignation of the NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, though Nigeria would not be participating in the 2017 African Cup of Nation.

Dalung said instability in the employment of coaches, internal wrangling, and poor funding were the major reasons the Super Eagles failed to qualify. Endit