The minister for sports senator John Enoh has directed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to bring an end to the drama of appointing a new coach for the senior national team of Nigeria by making Janne Andersson the new coach , OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Super Eagles will head into the AFCON qualifiers under a caretaker coach in Austine Eguavoen following the inability of the NFF to appoint a replacement for Finidi George, who left his role two months ago.
Janne Andersson was picked by the president of the NFF Ibrahim Musa Gusau, but he met stiff opposition from board members as well as the technical committee because the coach wasn’t among the shortlisted coaches for the job.
That impasse brought about a halt in negotiations with the NFF, but in a meeting which lasted around seven minutes according to sources the minister mandated Gusau to go ahead and appoint Andersson as coach.
An announcement is said to be imminent, even though the choice is unpopular with top hierarchy of the board and has strained the relationship between the NFF president and the technical committee members.
They said it’s the second time he is going out of their recommendation to appoint a coach, after doing the same thing in the appointment of Finidi who lasted only a month in the job.
