The Nigeria Football Federation have dismissed insinuations in sections of the media that it planned to sack Super Eagles' Head Coach, Stephen Keshi at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa inspite of revealing facts which culminated in the coach's decision to resign as well as the confirmation of such in a press release issued by the NFF and signed by Keshi wherein he stated he has reconsidered his decision to quit.
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Ignoring the incontrovertible facts that there was indeed loads of problems between Keshi and his employers,chairman of the NFF Media and Publicity Committee,Emeka Inyama said the NFF considered these facts as rumours of low quality undeserving of any attention.
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"If an employer sits down with an employee to review performance, with focus on better output, that does not amount to threat of sack. In the civilized world, that happens every other day.
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"The NFF never planned to sack Keshi as the Head Coach or the entire technical crew in its entirety. The Executive Committee is made up of decent and responsible Nigerians and we have respect for our employees and their contracts'',said Inyama but could not describe the kind of respect that would make an employer owe his employees backlog of salaries until the eve of the championships.
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Inyama lamented the desperation by some persons to discredit the NFF after the team had emerged triumphant in South Africa.
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"We do not have anything against people jumping on the train of success after the Super Eagles became champions of Africa. Success has many fathers (and mothers). But it is uncharitable to try and take anything away from the Federation that worked day and night to achieve the success.
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"The NFF employed Stephen Keshi in the first place, gave him the motivation and incentives, and arranged friendly matches against Botswana, Zambia, Angola, Liberia, Egypt, Peru, Niger, Venezuela, Catalonia, Cape Verde and some European clubs to give the boys necessary exposure and turf courage. We got the team to Portugal for final training camp before receiving part of the money approved for the competition.
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"We paid the coaches the salaries owed them before the tournament, and till end of January. That does not show an employer that wants to dispense with an employee."
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Inyama wondered why some persons are suddenly desperate to take some credit away from the NFF for the triumph.