BY MONICA IHEAKAM
WITH the expiration next week of the sports minister’s deadline to the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, the technical committee of the body will today fine tune the documents to convince him on the need for Nigeria to hire a foreign technical adviser ahead of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
Nigerian sports minister Solomon Dalung had demanded for a technical report from the NFF in support of a foreign coach for the Super Eagles after the country failed to qualify for a second straight AFCON.
The minister had said he will approve the engagement of a foreign coach should the NFF convince him, but at the same time warned the government will not pay for such a coach.
The draw for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers will be staged on June 24 with the series beginning in October. Five teams will represent Africa at Russia 2018.