By Onochie Anibeze
NFF assures him
The Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation may,. today, announce Stephen Keshi as Samson Siasia’s successor.

This is coming after officials of the federation held discussions with Keshi.

But there are issues that they may resolve before he would accept the job wholeheartedly.

The federation plans to appoint him as a caretaker coach. The appointment would, therefore, be on interim basis.

Keshi, we gathered, is cold to the offer although he has, in principle, accepted to train the Eagles.

However, the offer coming at a time Togo and Rwanda were also after him, Keshi is said not to be comfortable with an interim job.

“It will not make for his absolute concentration on his job,” his agent said, adding “it is not about Keshi as a person, it is about the job.

He needs to settle down immediately to map out a four year programme or thereabout and plan how to implement them in stages. Appointing him interim coach will not be good for him and will also not be good for Nigeria. He needs confidence to build a strong team.”

But a member of the Technical Committee and one other Executive Committee member all explained that the interim appointment had to be made to avoid the bureaucratic way of appointing coaches. They assured that on acceptance of the job, Keshi would not stay long before he will be confirmed the substantive coach.