NFF, Keshi holding Nigeria to a standstill – Chukwu

Former Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu, has said the Nigeria
Football Federation and coach Stephen Keshi are holding the country to
ransom over contract talks.
The NFF had announced that former Eagles captain, Keshi, was the sole
candidate for the Eagles coaching job but Keshi came out on Thursday
to deny the claim.
Keshi, who lost to German Germot Rohr in the run for the Burkina Faso
job, also said he was not interested in the Eagles job but Chukwu told
our correspondent that the fault was not from Keshi but the NFF.
"I don't think that Stephen Keshi is the problem. The fault is coming
from the NFF," the former Nigeria international said.
"Since Keshi is saying he is not interested in the job and the
federation is insisting they had contacted him and offered him a
contract, they should leave him if he doesn't want the job.
"The federation knows what they want in a coach; they should just give
Nigerians a coach for the team. The NFF and Keshi should stop holding
Nigerians to ransom and arrive at a decision. I don't know which of
them is holding the other but something is hidden somewhere."
He added that with the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers starting
in June, the Eagles needed a good preparation which begin with the
appointment of a coach.
He said, "What Nigerians want now is a coach for the Super Eagles.
They should announce somebody and get this over with.
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"The AFCON qualifiers will soon begin and we have yet to begin any
solid arrangement for the team. If the NFF wants Keshi, they should
hire him and if they don't want him, they should just let him go."
The Eagles have been inactive since their failure to qualify for the
2015 AFCON, which was won by Ivory Coast, but have been scheduled to
play two friendly matches against Bolivia and Ghana before the
qualifiers.
The match against Bolivia will hold on May 25 but the absence of a
coach has stalled the team's preparations.
Erstwhile assistant coach, Daniel Amokachi, has been in charge of the
team in the interim, but no contract has yet been given to him also.
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