By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Augustine Eguavoen has challenged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to take swift action on the appointment of a foreign coach for the Super Eagles.
Eguavoen, who is the technical director of the NFF guided the Super Eagles to 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification last month.
The NFF has declared their intention to appoint a substantive head coach for the three-time African champions.
The soccer house are however still foot dragging on the appointment.
The former defender said it is important for the NFF to step up their search with the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers around the corner.
“All hands must be on deck, we want to try and qualify for the World Cup,” Eguavoen told Kennis FM.
“March is just around the corner. If we have to do something (about the team), we need to do it quick.
“That person should come in as quickly as possible, settle down, so that we could speak, tweak things, exchange ideas and talk about the way forward. The earlier the better.”
Eguavoen also said he would prefer a local man to be in charge of the World Cup qualifiers.
“We should stay at home (for choice of head coach), but the technical crew has to be enlarged,” he proposed.
The head coach should be home-grown because we know the situation and we feel the pulse of the people.”
