By Solomon Nwoke
FORMER Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Association, Sani Ahmed Toro has condemned Sunday Oliseh’s resignation saying ‘time was bad for his resignation’.

Oliseh resigned as Super Eagles coach last Friday after he claimed that he did not enjoy the right support from the Nigeria Football Federation.

Sani Toro

“Time was bad for Oliseh’s resignation. I’m surprised that Oliseh took that decision. My only regret was the ‘timing’. I thought that since the crises were over, he would have now concentrated  on his job to save the country from embarrassment.

If Nigeria fails to qualify for next year’s  African Cup of Nations, it ‘ll be a big disaster. When we crashed out of CHAN, that would have been the right time for him to resign, but he didn’t. It’s so bad.

He commended the NFF for their quick response in drafting of  the Under -23 coach,  Samson Siasia and Emmanuel Amuneke of the Flying Eagles to replace Oliseh. He however, expressed worries over Siasia’s ability to combine coaching of the Super Eagles and the Olympic team at the same time.

He said, “I’m happy the NFF quickly drafted coach Siasia to replace Oliseh along side Amuneke because time is not on our side regarding the crucial match against Egypt which is less than a month. The problem we have is that at the moment we don’t have any other coach better than Siasia. He also has the Olympics  preparation around the corner, so you can see that the man is going to divide himself.”

As for the match against Egypt, Toro said the Eagles can beat them here. He added that it however, depends on the goal margin saying that if the goal margin here is not much, the Egyptians would mobilize total support for the Pharaohs in Cairo to turn the table.