Nigeria coaching job up for grabs as NFF advertise post Nigeria coaching job up for grabs as NFF advertise post

he Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced that it will advertise the vacant Super Eagles coaching post.

NFF board member Chris Green confirmed that after its executive committee's inaugural meeting, it was agreed the job would be open to applicants.

The new NFF executives said the move was taken in the interest of transparency.

Green also said that a new coach would be hired by 1 October, just days before an important qualifier away in Guinea.

The NFF announcement is a complete departure from earlier developments where the previous leadership of the football association had already opened discussions with former Olympic team coach, Samson Siasia.

Siasia's appointment stalled over his personal terms. The NFF offered him a monthly salary of $20,000, while the 42-year-old requested $100,000 and a signing-on fee.

Austin Eguavoen is currently in temporary charge of the national team, after Swedish coach Lars Lagerback vacated the position following Nigeria's disappointing World Cup showing.


I think things should be done properly and quickly to get things sorted, so we all know where we stand and [can] move forward from there

Nigeria midfielder John Mikel Obi

Earlier in the week, Nigeria midfielder John Mikel Obi demanded that the NFF put its house in order.

Mikel rebuked members of the NFF over the country's battered football image, following long-standing reports of internal feuding, which have overshadowed preparations for Sunday's 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar.

"Nigeria football has been a laughing stock to be honest, but I always try to defend my country by insisting we are still the best and biggest," Mikel told Brila FM in Lagos.