The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is expected to hand coach Stephen Keshi a new deal in a matter of days.
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The football federation says it is still in talks with Keshi to tie the loose ends of the contract.
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The NFF Technical and Development Committee has proposed to the federation’s executive committee that Keshi’s contract should be renewed.
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Chairman of the technical and development committee, Felix Anyansi-Agwu, disclosed that the committee he chairs has “made recommendations to the (executive) board.”
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Anyansi-Agwu also believes that Keshi’s return to the head coach role of the Super Eagles is the right decision since he is the only man considered for the position at the moment.
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“The contract issue concerning Keshi has been discussed, and the decision now rests with the (executive) board (of the NFF) to take a decision. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with Keshi returning to his position since he is the only person considered for the job,” said Anyansi-Agwu, who is also chairman of Enyimba.
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This development to hand Keshi the Nigeria head coach job comes eight months after his initial contract elapsed.
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The former Nigerian captain was told by the NFF that his contract would not be renewed in the wake of poor results in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification including a 3-2 home loss to Congo in Calabar.
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But the football federation rescinded that decision and now looks set to hand Keshi a contract attached with conditions that the Big Boss, as the out-of-contract coach is known will work closely with the NFF Technical Director, Shuaibu Amodu as well as the technical and development committee.
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The NFF Executive Committee is expected to make a decision based on the recommendation of the technical and development committee.
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Nigeria have been without a substantive head coach since their last Afcon qualifying match against South Africa in Uyo where they played a 2-2 draw while Keshi was acting without a contract.
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Assistant to Keshi, Daniel Amokachi, has taken up the role in interim capacity in recent friendly matches against Ivory Coast and Yemen.
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