Keshi as Head Coach of the Super Eagles
appeared complete on Friday after the NFF
Technical Committee accepted the plea for
his reconsideration, made by Coach Shaibu
Amodu on Monday.
Amodu was announced to take over the
senior squad in the early hours of October
16, hours after the team’s 3-1 win over
Sudan in Abuja only took it to third place in
the Group A table of the 2015 Africa Cup of
Nations qualifying campaign.
However, in a letter dated 27th October,
2014 and addressed to NFF President Amaju
Pinnick through the Chairman of NFF
Technical Committee, the 56 –year old
tactician pleaded that Keshi be reconsidered
for the two matches as the time –frame was
too short to tinker with the fabric of the
squad or start to build a new one altogether.
“As Technical Director of the NFF, I am ready
and willing to help build a better relationship
among Keshi (with whom I have enjoyed
good working relationship in the past and
who is still very close to me), the players
and the NFF Technical Committee,” Amodu
wrote, inter alia.
Speaking on Friday morning, Chairman of the
NFF Technical Committee, Chief Felix
Anyansi-Agwu, said his committee has
accepted the plea and forwarded same to the
NFF President.
“We have deliberated on Coach Amodu’s
letter, and after speaking to my committee
members, we decided to accept it and
informed the NFF President of our approval.”
On his part, NFF President Amaju Pinnick
simply said on Friday that he had no
objection to the proposal.
“I have never had anything against Keshi as
a person. Amodu is someone we all respect
and since that is his opinion and the
Technical Committee has approved, so be it.
“I have always said that the work of the
committees will not be interfered with. We
will give the committees the independence to
do their work for optimum results. I am also
assuring Nigerians at home and abroad that
the NFF will give Keshi all the necessary
support to successfully prosecute the two
very crucial final matches of the 2015 Africa
Cup of Nations qualifying series.”
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