The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has made clarifications concerning the position of interim manager of the Super Eagles, Austin Eguavoen, with the Head of Communications, Ademola Olajire saying “he is still in charge”,
Austin Eguavoen who is the Technical Director at the NFF was told to handle the Eagles when the negotiation with Germany’s Bruno Labbadia failed to fly.
It was reported that having executed the Super Eagles’ last two matches against Benin Republic and Rwanda that Eguavoen’s job was over.
But speaking on Wednesday, the NFF spokesman said hat nothing has changed from the initial announcement concerning Eguavoen.
“He remains with the team and his is an employee of the NFF which has drafted him to the Super Eagles. He remains there until the federation takes another decision.
“He was surprised when we landed from our Kigali trip and I showed the trending news on the social media.”
Super Eagles’ next assignment will be on Match Day 3 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers next month when the team confront Libya in Uyo.
