The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau said the fate of the duo of Super Eagles and Super Falcons’ Coaches, Jose Peseiro and Randy Waldrum respectively will be determined by the Technical Committee which will have its meeting soon.
He made this disclosure during a peace parley organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Sports at the Room 305 of the National Assembly in Abuja on Tuesday with the NFF in attendance.
Alhaji Gusau said, “You are aware that we just set up the Technical Committee and very soon they are going to be inaugurated. They are going to come up with what we need to do about the coaches of the Super Eagles and Super Falcons. And that is all I’m going to say about it.”
On the perceived crisis with Falcons coach, he said, “If NFF did not resolve issue with Randy, we would not see the performance of the Falcons we saw at the World Cup. And the issue of whether Randy is going to continue with the Super Falcons is the issue that we are going to pass to the Technical Committee and which, by the grace of God, they are going to sit very soon. And we are going to look at those areas and come up with what you will hear about and whether Randy will continue or not.”
The President further noted, “I want to assure Nigerians that very soon they will see a lot of changes in the development of football. A lot of sponsors will come back to us. All these issues of not paying match bonuses and the rest of it is because of sponsorship. By the grace of God, everything will be resolved and the committee members have agreed to work with us to see that we get to that destination.”
Recalled that Peseiro qualified the Super Eagles for the next Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Cote d’ivoire to be held in January while Waldrum had a decent run with the Super Falcons at the ongoing FIFA Women World Cup in Australia and New Zealand where they lost to England in the round of 16.
It will be recalled also that the NFF on Tuesday, August 8, announced the Technical Committee members as follows: Sharif Inuwa as Chairman while NFF Vice President, Felix Anyansi is the Vice Chairman. Other members are: Aminu Balele Kurfi, Zanna Mala, Victor Ikpeba, Felix Awolabi and Yinka Olagbemiro.