Musa Amadu, the General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has sought to downplay the role of a foreign technical director for football in the country, insisting that he will not have anything to do with the various national teams.
Amadu pointed that it was not unusual for Nigeria to have a technical director, as it was a norm in other footballing nations and is also accepted by football’s governing body, FIFA.
“Appointment of technical director is a global trend. Nations all over the world have their football technical directors and ours cannot be any different,” he said. “It’s part of FIFA programme to develop the game. We cannot say no to it. He’s not coming to take any of our national teams coach’s jobs.
“He won’t sit on the bench of the Super Eagles; he is not coming to sit on the Flying Eagles bench, not even the Golden Eaglets bench, Super Falcons, Flamingoes or Falconets.
“Instead, he will be saddled with the responsibility of fashioning out developmental policies for the general good of our football.
“This starts from the grassroots level down the line. The present NFF leadership is committed to laying a strong foundation for the growth of the game in the country.”
Amadu also went on to explain what the technical director’s job will be, amidst fears he could meddle into Stephen Keshi‘s duties.
He said: “The Technical Director is not coming to coach any of the teams. He has a different but specified role to play.
“The only thing is that he will have an input in the programmes of the various national teams but cannot go beyond that level.”
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