Nigeria Football Federation president, Aminu Maigari,
has said that the federation gave approval to the Super Eagles coach
Stephen Keshi and his assistant Daniel Amokachi to leave their duty post
for a contract with a satellite television station covering the 2012
African Cup of Nations.
The explanation of Maigari follows barrage of criticisms that greeted the moonlighting of the national coaches.
The Eagles are billed to face the Rwandans in Kigali
on February 29 and followers of the national team have spoken heavily
against their trip to South Africa which was scheduled to run until the
end of the competition on February 12.
Their deal was repackaged to end of February 5 instead following the public scrutiny that greeted the planned trip.
And in reacting to the controversy generated, Maigari said the issues were magnified beyond what was actually on ground.
He said, “The technical committee chairman (Chris
Green) and his team were actually on top of the matter and were briefing
all members of the board as and when necessary, so there was no issue
concerning the trip by Keshi and his assistant to South Africa.”
Keshi left the country on Thursday for South Africa.
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