Concerning the current interim Super Eagles coach, Austin Eguavoen, the team may qualify for the AFCON 2025 championship but not the FIFA World Cup in 2026.
This is my humble submission to the Eagles and the Nigeria Football Federation.
The AFCON is not the same as the Mundial, so the football federation must act quickly to hire a competent foreign coach for Nigeria; otherwise, Nigeria may miss out on the World Cup in 2026.
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This postulation is not a curse, but rather the reality on the ground; however, the federation wishes to bring in sentiment, which would spell disaster for the country!
Coach Gernot Rohr made the Cameroon AFCON qualification possible before his unceremonious departure from Nigeria, and Coach Eguavoen was draughted in to take the Eagles to Cameroon, and the results of that experiment are still fresh in our minds.
I keep bringing up this sad event because it has become a recurring decimal in the Abuja Glasshouse. Even at the time, the federation promised to hire a foreign coach who would accompany Eguavoen to Cameroon and then take over as the federation’s technical director. Remember, that promise did not come true until the Cameroon AFCON fiasco.
Again, the nation’s football administrators have begun to fail, and everyone appears to be applauding them. Thank God for the systematic three points gained from the abnormalities of the Libyan football federation, which believed that everything they did to destabilise Nigeria would be effective until the Confederation of African Football (CAF) punctured their strategy in favour of Nigeria.
As a result, as Nigeria prepares to face Rwanda this month, we should not assume that Uhuru has already arrived. If Nigeria qualifies, it will be a significant step forward for the country and a benefit to Eguavoen, the national team’s interim coach.
The football federation should not believe that this is all Nigeria and Nigerians can expect from the NFF. We want the Eagles to qualify for the AFCON and return with the ultimate trophy. We also expect the Eagles to qualify Nigeria for the FIFA World Cup while also serving as good ambassadors for the country.
For the time being, Nigeria is expected to compete for the World Cup trophy alongside other football nations. Nigeria should follow in the footsteps of Morocco’s football federation, as they have done in nearly two World Cup editions. It is time to put an end to the sentimental decisions and bad policies that have led to Nigerian football’s decline.
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Having said that, if we are to get it right, the NFF must act quickly by fulfilling its promise to bring in a foreign coach, as I am convinced that the current national team coach cannot prepare the Eagles for the 2026 FIFA Mundial.
Eguavoen captained the Eagles while playing for the national team and has previously served as a substantive coach for the team; what accomplishments has he achieved for Nigeria? Why is this federation so preoccupied with absolute mediocrity?
I am still perplexed about what is going on with the governors of Abuja Glasshouse! Do they intend to advance the country’s football? I am still thinking about this!
Senator John Enoh’s Sports Ministry has been extremely adamant about the Eagles’ affairs, and Nigerians in my school of thought are uncomfortable with such a casual attitude towards the country’s national team.
He is not taking any steps to hire a suitable coach for the Eagles. He is not saying anything about it. This kind of sports administration is not ideal for Nigeria! Everything in the country, including sports, has been politicised, and this has been the monster and bane of Nigerian football; neophytes are placed in positions of experience and professionalism, which is a huge misnomer, and this is because the country has been bogged down by political engagements, putting square pegs in round holes.
What can you expect in the long run? It is to be expected given what we are seeing in the country’s football right now.
The country is still in the dark about how she will qualify for the World Cup, and the federation is still unsure what to do because the interim coach, in their opinion, will do the magic. And I simply disagree with that, which is a “white elephant” opinion of the federation.
This is because the federation’s opinions or policies have repeatedly failed Nigeria, and the federation is failing to recognise those avoidable errors! And if football stakeholders in the country allow the federation’s failure principles to rule again against the country’s football, Nigeria should brace itself for another World Cup qualification disaster, if not an early exit from the tournament itself.
This will be Nigeria’s greatest shame in the community of football nations come 2026, as there were plenty of early warning signs to do the right thing that were completely ignored. The time to avoid this looming shame is now! Thank you, God, for a world without end. Good Morning, Nigeria!
