The Big
Boss has finally put pen to paper to lead the Super Eagles for the next two
years during a ceremony at the National Stadium in Abuja
Stephen
Keshi has been re-appointed as Nigeria coach on a two-year contract after ten
months of uncertainty over his future with the Super Eagles.
The
53-year-old signed the contract in Abuja on Tuesday following days of
speculation over the decision of the Nigeria Football Federation to hand him
the job.
Keshi’s
previous contract ended after the World Cup in Brazil, where he took Nigeria to
the second round as they lost to France in Brasilia.
He had
been asked to work on a per-game basis during the country’s ill-fated
qualifying campaign for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
That
failure had threatened to derail his odds of keeping the job but pressure from
the government ensured that he was the only candidate interviewed by the NFF,
some of whose members threatened to resign if he was given the job.
Keshi, a
former captain of the Super Eagles, led the team to win the 2013 Africa Cup of
Nations, 19 years after he last lifted it as a player.
His
contract is expected to last till 2017 and would be determined by success or
otherwise in the Afcon qualifiers and the tournament in Gabon.
He has
also been kept on a tighter leash as he is expected to take decisions
under the supervision of the Technical Committee of the NFF.
Meanwhile,
Keshi’s third spell in charge will see a few changes in his backroom staff as
former assistant coach Daniel Amokachi has been dropped.
His place
will be taken up by former Kano Pillars coach Salisu Yusuf.
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