The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, has revealed that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will decide the fate of Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, next week.
He reveled this on Thursday while speaking to State House Correspondents at the weekly ministerial briefing organized by the Presidential Communications team at the Presidential Villa.
According to Dare, Gernot Rohr stay or departure is a decision to be made by the NFF which would be dependent on a report to be submitted by the federation in the coming days.
He said, “Once we have national matches like these, there is an operating procedure. First, the NFF will receive a technical report that analyses the game. And based on that, we will review, scrutinize and benchmark the report. Thereafter it will make a decision either about the players or about the coaching staff.
“The ministry is waiting for that report from the NFF. What it will contain or recommend, I cannot say for now. Before the end of the week, we’ll have that report and it will touch on many areas.
“We know what the concerns are. The Super Eagles lost the qualifier for Qatar 2022. we’ll do whatever is necessary and we’ll be timely about it to make sure Nigeria’s football is of the highest quality and that we’ll play in Qatar,” he promised.
Following the lacklustre display of Super Eagles in Tuesday’s 1-1 draw against Cape Verde in their final Group C World Cup qualifier in Lagos, there have been renewed calls for the sacking of the Fanco-German manager.
Also commenting on when the Super Eagles will get their own home pitch, Dare said “the Mooshood Abiola National Stadium, by or before the end of this month, will be handed over officially.
“We’ve had several test runs. The pitch will be ready. as soon as we have that, the Mooshood Abiola Stadium will become the home pitch of the Super Eagles. If eventually, Surulere comes on, that means they’ll have two home pitches. This way they can have the home advantage.”
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