NFA Act Gives Ministry Power To Supplant NFF In Eagles' Coach Appointment - Harrison Jalla

NFA Act Gives Ministry Power To Supplant NFF In Eagles' Coach Appointment - Harrison Jalla By Niyi Busari Chairman Board of Trustee of Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN), Harrison Jalla has thrown his weight behind the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to be fully involved in the appointment of new Super Eagles Coach, BSNSports.com.ng can report. The Ministry of Sports has demanded for the Technical Report of the Super Eagles games in the FIFA world Cup qualifiers and declared that the Super Eagles is a national property and does not belong to an individual and so any major decisions concerning the team like hiring a replacement of coach Rohr must follow due process. Meanwhile, it was reported that the NFF President, Amaju Pinnick is in London in search of new Coach of the Super Eagles. Reacting to this development, Harrison Jalla said, "What is the business of NFF President with the recruitment of National team coaches? What is the function and duty of the NFF technical and development committee? Pinnick's purported trip to London to seal a deal with another third rated coach is a bid to embark on another inglorious journey of serial failure and this is unacceptable. Where is the Minister of Sports? Hon. Sunday Dare, As the Supervising Minister of Sports, the NFA ACT 2004 gives you absolute powers to regulate and control the administration of Football in Nigeria particularly as the Pinnick led NFF Board has crossed the redline and very determined to completely destroy Nigeria Football. It is not within the purview of a football federation President to hire or recruit coaches for the National teams. The Pinnick led NFF Board is like a headless chicken that cannot get their priorities right. He called for the appointment of indigenous coach to lead the Super Eagles. "What Nigeria really needs now is a consortium of indigenous coaches to breed and nature the Super young talents Nigeria has at the moment to a world class team. It is time to Assemble coaches from super Eagles class of 1994 and 1996. Nigeria can invest and raise world class coaches from this generation of Ex-Internationals that are technically inclined. We already have the likes of Oliseh, Amokachie, Amuneke, Eguavoen, Finidi, Salisu Yusuf, Ndubuisi Egbo, and Eddy Dombraye. "A focused federation should have tried to get the best out of these Ex-internationals. The driving force of the Footballers Block when we take over control and command of football administration in the country from 2022 would be to rebuild Nigeria Football from the grassroot, strengthen and restructure all the tiers of Nigeria domestic leagues (NPFL, NNL, NWL) etc, including state leagues to viability. The Pinnick led Board has just only nine months in office the earlier the Hon. Minister takes immediate steps to halt their excesses the better for Nigeria Football."