NFF Vice President, Seyi Akinwumi says it’s important to maintain “a sustainable football culture in the country” adding that Oliseh “fits the bill”.
“The plan is to win the next match we play all the time but it also goes beyond that,
“The NFF intends to follow its set objective of maintaining a sustainable football culture in the country.
“Our thinking was getting a man like Oliseh who understands the football culture, who could accomplish both plans simultaneously.
“We decided on Oliseh because we know he fits the bill,” Akinwumi said on Naija Made on SuperSport.
Confirming on Wednesday that talks with Oliseh are ongoing, the NFF confirmed through its official website that the former Juventus midfielder would be “expected to come up with a five-year developmental plan to fashion a unique playing and coaching philosophy for all the national teams, and will for this purpose, interface regularly with coaches of those teams”.
Akinwumi however explained that Oliseh would not be offered a five-year-contract by the NFF.
“No (he won’t be offered a five-year deal). Oliseh will present (the five-year plan) to us at the NFF and we will look at it.
“It does not mean that the person who starts the plan will finish it.
“It does not also mean that he (Oliseh) will not finish the plan. That plan will have to go through the technical director of the NFF (Amodu Shuaibu).
“One of the most important things we would be looking to achieve is achieving a harmonious working relationship with everyone involved in this latest phase (of our project),” he said.
Oliseh will also be mandated with the responsibility of “periodically organising clinics and seminars for coaches of Clubs in the Nigeria Professional Football League, probably once in a month, so as to strengthen the playing philosophy across board,” and Akinwumi says the plan is in order.
“Oliseh is a coach who goes all over the world coaching coaches so how can we employ such a man here and not have him help our coaches (in the domestic league)?
“This aspect will also go through the technical directorate and there will be an agreement on how it will work,” he said.
Oliseh, 40, is presently a Fifa instructor, and runs a consultancy that trains and assesses coaches worldwide. He is also member of Fifa Technical Study Group.
He was in the Nigeria squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia in 1994, and played in the 1994 and 1998 Fifa World Cup final competitions, with the Super Eagles reaching the Round of 16 in both. He was also in the Nigeria under-23 side that won Africa’s first Olympic football gold in Atlanta 19 years ago.
Oliseh played for Reggiana, FC Cologne, Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, VFL Bochum and RC Genk in a magnificent professional career, during which he played under some of the best coaches in the universe.
He won 63 caps for Nigeria between 1993 and 2002, picking up Africa Cup of Nations gold, silver and bronze medals.
Oliseh holds a Uefa Pro License, and coached Belgian lower division club, Vervietois between 2008 and 2009.
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