ROB can exclusively reveal that returnee Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, may not get a new contract if he fails to qualify the national team for the Africa Nations Cup. The coach was reinstated to his post penultimate weekend after the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation met with President Goodluck Jonathan. Continue after the cut...
But our correspondent who obtained details of what transpired at the peace meeting between the presidency, NFF and Chris Giwa can report that President Jonathan actually appealed to NFF to allow Keshi see through the qualifiers and can fire him if he fails to qualify the team for the tournament.
Our sources revealed that the Senate President, David Mark, who has become a personal friend of the coach and the Minister of Sport, Tammy Danagogo, actually prevailed on the President to take the decision on Keshi.
Jonathan has therefore given NFF the go ahead to discard with the services of Keshi if he fails to lead the team to qualification. But according to the source, the President actually asked the federation to give the coach all the support for him to succeed. “NFF has denied the fact that the President indeed asked the body to recall Keshi as the Eagles coach. I don’t know why the officials had to deny the effort of Mr President to restore normalcy to Nigerian football,” our source said.
“Mr President actually advised them to retain Keshi, although it was not an order. The President felt that since Nigeria still has a chance to qualify, the coach should be allowed to see through the qualification and the agreement was that if Keshi did not qualify the team they should not renew his contract.”
And our correspondent also learnt that Keshi may get a new contract earlier than scheduled especially if he gets the needed result against Congo in Ponte Noire next weekend. “NFF can start the process to get Keshi a new contract as soon as the team gets a good result against Congo, so as to encourage the coach,” the source added.
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