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Oliseh’s planned unveiling may wait, as NFF writes Bureau of Public Procurement

By Ezeocha Nzeh, Abuja
15 July 2015   |   3:34 am
Today’s planned unveiling of Sunday Oliseh as new coach of the Super Eagles looks dicey, as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) could not confirm the event yesterday.
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Today’s planned unveiling of Sunday Oliseh as new coach of the Super Eagles looks dicey, as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) could not confirm the event yesterday. The Federation was as at press time unable to get the needed clearance from the National Sports Commission (NSC) to go ahead with the ceremony.

The NSC had insisted that the employment of both Oliseh and his assistant, Belgium’s Francoise Loscuito, must follow the procedure of the Civil Service Appropriation Act.

Oliseh met with the NFF Technical Committee on his arrival from Belgium yesterday to deliberate on certain formalities ahead of his unveiling in Abuja.

He arrived Abuja at about 4:30pm aboard a Lufthansa airline, and met with the committee to finalize the details of his contract. He also received NFF’s five-year development programme before he proceeded on a meeting with the NFF executive board late yesterday.

Today’s planned unveiling of Sunday Oliseh as new coach of the Super Eagles looks dicey, as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) could not confirm the event yesterday. The Federation was as at press time unable to get the needed clearance from the National Sports Commission (NSC) to go ahead with the ceremony.

The NSC had insisted that the employment of both Oliseh and his assistant, Belgium’s Francoise Loscuito, must follow the procedure of the Civil Service Appropriation Act.

Oliseh met with the NFF Technical Committee on his arrival from Belgium yesterday to deliberate on certain formalities ahead of his unveiling in Abuja.

He arrived Abuja at about 4:30pm aboard a Lufthansa airline, and met with the committee to finalize the details of his contract. He also received NFF’s five-year development programme before he proceeded on a meeting with the NFF executive board late yesterday.

NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, who spoke to journalists yesterday, expressed his satisfaction with the coming of Oliseh for the Super Eagles’ job, noting that the former captain would in addition to his primary responsibility, engage in the organization of coaching clinics for other coaches and setting out a roadmap to redefine Nigerian football.

The NFF president also disclosed that the full recommendations, which came from both FIFA and CAF on the capabilities of Oliseh, convinced the federation to settle for him.

Pinnick also assured there would be no clash in the duties of the coach with the schedule of the Technical Director of the NFF, Shuaibu Amodu, noting that everything about the operation had been clearly defined.

“We are very much on track. Oliseh has just arrived and he will meet with Technical Committee who will then package the details of his contract before the Executive board, which will also meet later today (yesterday). If we can finish looking at the details of the contract and he agrees to it, we can go ahead with the unveiling.

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