The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday clearly spelt out for the duties and responsibilities of the coaching crews of the Senior Women National Team (Super Falcons) and U-17 National Team (Golden Eaglets) as both teams seek to build new and formidable squads.
In a parley at the Conference Room of the NFF Secretariat, Abuja, NFF’s director of competitions, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, warned of the dangers of interfering in the duties of any crew of the National Teams by another.
“I have been mandated by the NFF president and the chairman of technical committee to fully brief you all on the importance of sticking to your respective duties and carrying out your responsibilities well.
“You must know the responsibilities that go with each role and the need to also tolerate and respect other persons and their roles, because you all come from different backgrounds to carry out national assignments. We want the crews of all National Teams to be abreast of their duties and to do those duties to the best of their ability.
“For example, the head coach is the leader of the team at all times, while the team administrator is the head of administration, who handles all administrative and logistics matters,” Dr. Sanusi said.
The Super Falcons are preparing for their 2014 African Women Championship final round qualifying fixture against the She-Amavubi of Rwanda, with the first leg coming up next month, while the reigning world champions Eaglets have a 2015 African U-17 Championship qualifying fixture against either DR Congo or Burundi in July.
While the Eaglets are billed to participate in the WAFU B Tournament
taking place in Togo later this month, the NFF has secured an
international friendly for the Falcons against the Indomitable
Lionesses of Cameroon, to be played in Abuja on April 15.
