Sunday Oliseh has resigned as Head Coach of the Nigerian
football national team, the Super Eagles, just over seven months after he was
appointed.
Oliseh, who announced his resignation on Twitter, said he
took the decision due to the inability of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF,
to honour the terms of his contract.
“Due to contract violations, lack of support, unpaid wages,
benefits to my players, assistant coaches and myself, I resign as Super Eagles
Chief Coach,” he tweeted.
In a preceding tweet before announcing his resignation,
Oliseh thanked Nigerians for the opportunity to serve as coach of the national
team
“I feel fortunate, blessed and eternally grateful for having
the honour to play, captain and coach this great nation of ours, Nigeria.
Oliseh, whose appointment was made with much fanfare by the
NFF, soon started having problems with the executives of the federation over
remuneration, match tactics and results.
His complaint about being owed was not well received by the
NFF, which rather threatened to sanction him.
He also had challenges managing the players. An altercation
between the coach and the team’s former captain and the country’s most capped
goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, led to the goalie’s premature resignation from the
team last October.
Apparently, the last straw for Oliseh was the woeful outing
of the Super Eagles at the CHAN competition in Rwanda, where the team was
eliminated in the first round.
Following widespread criticisms that greeted the team’s
elimination, a Youtube video soon surfaced in which Oliseh lambasted his
critics, referring to them as “insane”.
On Thursday, the NFF directed Oliseh to henceforth report to
former coach and the federation’s technical director, Amodu Shuaibu.
The NFF is yet to respond to his resignation.
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