Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Austin Eguavoen, has said he has not stepped down as interim coach of the Super Eagles after the two 2025 AFCON qualifiers against the Benin Republic and Rwanda.
Recall that Eguavoen was appointed by the NFF to take charge of the two matches following the inability of the federation to secure the services of German coach, Bruno Labbadia, over what they call stringent German tax laws.
Eguavoen steered Super Eagles to a 3-0 victory over Benin Republic in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, last Saturday before being held to a barren draw in the second game of the series by Rwanda on Tuesday.
After the match in Kigali, Eguavoen was said to have stepped down as interim coach but the coach has now come out to deny the reports ahead of next month’s AFCON double header against Libya.
“It’s quite unfortunate that people just trigger something that is not correct. And the situation we are in now, we don’t need negative stories,” Eguavoen said, upon arriving the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
“I only talked about sitting down with the hierarchy of the federation after these two games and we will see how to go about prosecuting the next games.
“But when I saw that story I was worried. Whatever people are reading out there aren’t correct. I’m still very much in charge. I’m the Technical Director of the NFF, saddled with the responsibility of taking the Super Eagles at this moment,” said Eguavoen.
