Former Nigeria international defender Emeka Ezeugo says Austine Eguavoen should be made to quit his role as the technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) if he wants to still be the head coach of the senior national team, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Eguavoen was given a two games mandate to handle the team in the AFCON qualifiers games against Benin Republic and Rwanda respectively, and after a 3-0 and a 0-0 draw he confirmed the expiration of his mandate with the team.
However a few hours later he backtracked on his statement in a rather bizarre manner claiming he was quoted out of context, insisting that he is still the Super Eagles coach and also the technical director of the NFF.
Ezeugo who was his teammate in the Super Eagles from 1991 to 1994 says it’s about time the NFF ask the coach to decide on the job he wants to keep , because he can’t continue to fall back to the technical director role when he pleases.
” Is it not funny that Eguavoen who at the AFCON in 2022, got knocked out in the round of 16 but yet stayed in his role as technical director. Now he is the interim coach again and also the technical director so if he fails as the coach , he returns to his role as director. How does that sound?, Ezeugo said.
” NFF need to come clean and say to him which role do you prefer? It’s not like he has a lifetime contract as technical director or the forever interim Super Eagles coach whenever there is a vacuum. I am disappointed in his last statement contradicting his earlier statement all within a space of two hours. He should pick one role and run with it “.
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