The Nigeria Football Federation said at the weekend that it “sympathised with former player Adokiye Amiesimaka over his ill-disguised and poorly-articulated campaign for disengaged backroom staff and an assistant Coach of the Super Eagles.”

Chairman of the Media and Publicity Committee, Chief Emeka Inyama  stated that “there is no going back on the downsizing, and that “NFF is being proactive, as we have been told that the funds we got for prosecuting the Cup of Nations in South Africa would be deducted from our annual allocation. Now, we are left with just about N70 million every month.

That cannot achieve much (if you are aware that one match of the Super Eagles cost about N120million), and we are only going to be able to fulfil our several obligations by the time we add projected earnings from our sponsors and duly cut our coat according to our cloth.

“We have explained to Nigerians the reason why we are downsizing and we are grateful for their understanding. Amiesimaka is not one of those to whom we owe explanation, because he lacks the moral ground to even speak out on football management.