Strong feelers have emerged on why the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical Committee acceded to coach Samson Siasia’s 22-man list for the international friendly against Ghana’s Black Stars on August 9 in London.

Christian Chukwu, a member of the technical committee, said that the body decided to allow the former Nigerian international have his way because they did not want to be seen as interfering in his duty more so as they want him to be accountable for whatever happens in his team.

“After much deliberation, arguments and counter-arguments, inquiries from the coach over the choice of the players we resolved to allow him go ahead with the list.

“Our job is to guide and advice him. He is the one assigned with the job, and he is the one to be held responsible should anything go amiss, so we agreed to let him be.

”So it is not about whether we or I like the list, it is a question of allowing somebody given an assignment to do his work and be accountable for it,” Chukwu said.

Chukwu who described the August 9 international tie as crucial to Nigeria’s image hinted that a win in the encounter will spur on the team to face Madagascar in the Africa Nations Cup qualifier in September.

“That match will lead us to the Nations Cup tie against Madagascar in Antananarivo. A win in that game against Ghana will serve as a motivation for the Madagascar game which is a must win for Nigeria.

“We should equally use the game to stop Ghana’s dominance over Nigeria in recent times. Their men’s Under 23 stopped our Olympic team from featuring at the 2011 All Africa Games the same as their women over our own Super Falcons,” he said.