From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said that Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, may learn his fate in the next one week.
The minister who was this week’s guest on the ministerial press briefing organized by the presidential media team at the presidential villa, Abuja on Thursday, said his ministry will follow due process in dealing with matters concerning the national football players and the technical staff.
He said he will wait for the report from the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) on the performance of the team in the recent matches, review it before taking necessary action.
Dare who was responding to a question whether Rohr had been sacked or asked to resign, said that he could not speak much on the matter, but assured that that the NFF report will be ready by next week, saying that the ministry will act based on its content.
He, however, vowed that the Super Eagles must qualify for Qatar 2022 as everything will be done to ensure that.
The Minister said: “Until the NFF presents the report of the performance of the coach to the ministry, there will not be a decision on whether to sack or allow him to continue on the job.
”I want to believe that everything should be done to ensure that Super Eagles qualify for the World Cup. When the FIFA President came visiting President Muhammadu Buhari here, I recall he said “Mr. President, see you in Qatar.
“In that word I stand. So I have instructed the NFF to bring an Assessment Report on Coach Rohr”, Dare said.
Rohr who was appointed Super Eagles coach in August 2016, has come under intense criticisms following the Super Eagles poor performances in recent outings.
The 68 year-old German tactician
signed an extension in May, 2020.
Meanwhile, the Director General of the National Youth Service Scheme NYSC, Shuaibu Ibrahim has allayed fears of the possible scrap of the scheme, insisting that the agency was more relevant in the course of building a united country.
According to him, the benefits of the scheme far outweighs the challenges, noting that there are some remote communities in the country who rely on posting of corps members to maintain smooth running of their health or education system.
On the crises that have engulfed the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Dare assured the money belonging to the players were intact in the Central Bank of Nigeria.
He said, “Basketball money is intact, no money was diverted. I made sure the money was put in NBBF domiciliary account. The money cannot be diverted. The sum of $9,500 has gone to the female players only that of the male players is still there. Any time they submit their bank details, they will be paid.”