The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced its intention to hire a foreign technical adviser for the Super Eagles following their disappointing performance in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
This decision was detailed in a communiqué released to the press on Thursday, June 13.
The communiqué revealed that the NFF Executive Committee met on Wednesday to discuss various important matters.
“The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation held a meeting on Wednesday, 12th June 2024 in hybrid mode to deliberate on important issues in Nigeria Football and resolved as follows:
“The Executive Committee wholeheartedly apologized to Nigerians for the dismal output and subsequent very poor returns of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles, in four out of 10 matches in the ongoing qualification series for the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals, and pledged to work assiduously and put necessary measures in place to ensure a better-prepared squad ahead of the AFCON 2025 qualifiers in September this year and the resumption of the World Cup qualifiers in March 2025,” the NFF said.
“Further to (1) above, the Executive Committee resolved to employ an expatriate Technical Adviser for the Super Eagles in the coming weeks, ahead of the AFCON qualifiers and the remaining FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.”
The NFF also “expressed displeasure with the poor attitude of some of the players to the national assignment, and unanimously decided in favour of a more robust scouting programme of outstanding Nigeria-eligible players from across the four corners of the universe, who can add tremendous value to the nation’s flagship team”.
Super Eagles head coach, Finidi George, faced criticism after his team suffered a 2-1 defeat to Benin Republic on Monday during matchday 4 of the CAF 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Prior to this match, the team had secured a 1-1 draw against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in the third round of the qualifiers.
As a result of these fixtures, Nigeria now sits in fifth place in the six-team table, with six games remaining.
