Former Super Eagles player, Garba Lawal, has called on the Nigeria Football Federation to take a firm decision on the seeming crisis of hiring a new coach for the Super Eagles. Lawal said the country was already running out of time and something urgent needed to be done to salvage the situation.
Speaking with New Telegraph, Lawal said the NFF should decide quickly if out of contract coach, Stephen Keshi, would stay or go. “My opinion doesn’t count, but the NFF should take its decision and take it on time because we are already behind schedule in our preparations,” the former Roda JC of Holland player said.
“I am not the NFF, the body has to take a decision because my opinion cannot change anything for now; if no other person has applied then the NFF should go for what they have. “Seriously, time is against us and we should do something about it. We can’t just continue to fold our arms.”
The General Manager, Nigeria National League side, Kaduna United, cited an example of Burkina Faso which immediately after the Africa Cup of Nations appointed a new coach to start the rebuilding process for their national team. Lawal said: “Other countries are already busy with their preparations and we are yet to get a coach.
“Burkina Faso just appointed a new coach something that didn’t take them up to a month to achieve but here we have been delaying for months.
“Qualifiers are just around the corner and if we are not careful, we might find ourselves in the same situation like the last time, when we failed to qualify for AFCON.” He however added that a substantive coach must be allowed to prosecute the friendly match in March against Bolivia in Uyo.
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