Football Stakeholders Applaud NFF Over Oliseh's Appointment

Football stakeholders in Enugu have applauded the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on the appointment of Sunday Oliseh as the new Super Eagles coach. They told the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu that the appointment would end the coaching problem in the Super Eagles. The Enugu State

Director of Sports, John Eli, said that Oliseh would be a good and sound coach considering his pedigree in football. “As a one-time Super Eagles captain and having undergone coaching courses with good qualification, the appointment is a good one from the NFF.

“I believe that under him, the Super Eagles will do well as he is going to use his experience and knowledge as a player and coach to assemble good players for the country,’’ he said.


He commended the choice of indigenous coaches which he said would encourage the younger generation of coaches to work harder. In his contribution, the Chairman of the Sports Writers

Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in Enugu State, Norbert Okolie, said that the former and the new Super Eagles coaches were the same in terms of achievements as players.

“The NFF may have appointed Oliseh because he holds a better certificate than those who contested for the post with him and the previous coach. “

As they have given him the job, let them also give him a free hand and the enabling environment to do the job with his experience and ability.

“I hope he will take the Super Eagles to greater height in football and qualify us for the 2017 African Cup of Nations,” he said.

Another stakeholder, Ebere Amaraizu, congratulated Oliseh on the appointment but quickly added that coaching was not really the problem of Nigeria football but grooming grassroots players.

“We need to look beyond hiring and firing coaches because the problem of Nigerian football is our inability to groom players from the grassroots to take us to where we want to be. “Football in Nigeria is not growing because we have neglected grassroots football; where are our games villages and primary schools competitions?

“I started playing football competitions from primary school which was organised by the government, likewise the notable past footballers in the country. “

We need to discover new Austin Okochas, Tijani Babangidas, Uche Okafors, Stephen Keshis, Christian Chukwus and others right from the primary schools,” Amaraizu, the Team Manager of Crime Bursters FC of Enugu, said.