Former president of the Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has said the football house is working round the clock to appoint a substantive head coach for the Super Eagles.
Former international, Augustine Eguavoen, who is also the technical director of the NFF has managed the Super Eagles in interim capacity since September, 2024.
Despite guiding the team to 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, the NFF are not willing to allow Eguavoen stay on as substantive head coach of the three-time African champions.
Instead, they are going on with their plans of appointing an expatriate to tinker the team.
“Any moment from now, I am sure they would be announcing a coach, an enterprising coach at that,” Pinnick, who is currently a FIFA council member said in an interview on Channels Television.
Similarly, Amaju Pinnick has assured the Super Eagles will qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
“I speak to the president [of the NFF] every other day and I know he is very religious about qualifying Nigeria for the World Cup. It is going to be a tough call,” Pinnick told Channels Television.
“I don’t want to raise the hopes of any Nigerian that we would qualify. But we would try our human extreme.
“When I say human extreme, on a scale of 1-10, we would get to that 10 and see if we can make it happen. We believe it is divine.”
“Trust me, they do not want to be where they are now. They want to succeed, move beyond it, and put smiles on the faces of Nigerians.”
The Super Eagles are yet to record a win in Group C, with three draws and one defeat.
The West Africans occupy fifth position in the group with three points, four points adrift joint leaders, Rwanda, Benin Republic and South Africa.
Meanwhile, The Super Eagles will be away to Rwanda in their next game in the qualifiers in March.
