NFF general secretary assures a change in the Nigerian Football, coming 2020.

NFF general secretary assures a change in the Nigerian Football, coming 2020.

By Adejuyigbe Olorunfemi

The General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, Muhammed Sanusi envisage a positive change and great transformation as regards the performance of national teams in 2020. Bsnsports.com.ng reports

Sanusi said that the poor performance of some of the national teams this year has birth a decision which would bring about a change in the country's mediocre performance.

While carrying out a review concerning the country's performance in football tournaments in 2019, Sanusi said the performance of the Super Eagles in 2019 Nations Cup qualifier as well as the bronze medal won by the Super Eagles atvthe African cup of nations in Egypt, were among events that put Nigeria in the ranks of teams to reckon with. However, as regards the performance of the Super Falcons and the U-23 men’s team’s in failing to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Sanusi said it was a disappointing affair for the NFF.

According to Sanusi, efforts are being put in place by NFF to get qualified managers for the various national teams in 2020, and also putting in place basic structures to help the national teams excel in international championships in 2020.“Looking at the performance of Nigerian national teams in international engagements this year, I believe their performance was not top notch as people expected.

“Apart from the Super Eagles, who won the bronze medal at the Egypt 2019 Nations Cup, the Super Falcons, the U-17, U-20, U-23 and home-based Eagles did not excel in their campaigns.

“This did not go down well with the NFF. But the federation has started working to revamp the standard of football in the country.“Our vision is to get the required and experienced coaches to handle our national teams.

“Although Rohr has been doing well with the Super Eagles, the NFF’s technical committee will still review his performance and also give him guidelines to follow in his new contract. “With this and other moves on the pipeline, Nigerians will see a change in football development in the country,” he said.