The National Sports Commission (NSC) has threatened to stop the plan by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to unveil Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh as a new Super Eagles head coach on Wednesday, July 15.
According to the NSC, the appointment did not conform with the procurement act procedure for engagement.
The Guardian gathered that the NSC had written to the NFF insisting that the position of the head coach for the Super Eagles is still vacant. The commission also noted it has not received any official correspondent from the federation on the appointment and unveiling of any coach to replace Stephen Keshi, who was sacked last week.
“The procedure for hiring Sunday Oliseh did not pass through the procurement act. It was the same when the NSC employed the high performance directors. The Sports Commission requested for waiver for selective bidding, which enabled us to select people based on their credentials.
“We selected people and interviewed them in the United Kingdom. The deputy director in charge of procurement attended because it is a procurement exercise, which must go in accordance with the procurement act.
“The engagement of Oliseh is a contractual one but it is unfortunate that the federation may not have been guided accordingly. If the federation goes ahead to unveil Oliseh on Wednesday without following the due process, they would be violating the procurement act, they would be found liable,” the NSC official stressed.
The official further noted that the NFF should follow a due process by writing to the commission and informing them of their plans to engage the Eagles chief coach and his assistants, specifying the terms of relationship.
“If they don’t want to do advertisement, they can do selective bidding. If they must interview and hire Oliseh alone, they must apply for waiver of certificate of no objection giving reason for the decision to settle for him alone,” he added.
Meanwhile, the NFF president, Amà ju Pinnick, has named main reasons why Oliseh was chosen as the coach of the national team.
However, Clemens Westerhof, a former Super Eagles technical adviser, has stated that he is not sure about the abilities of the new coach to lead the team.
According to the NSC, the appointment did not conform with the procurement act procedure for engagement.
The Guardian gathered that the NSC had written to the NFF insisting that the position of the head coach for the Super Eagles is still vacant. The commission also noted it has not received any official correspondent from the federation on the appointment and unveiling of any coach to replace Stephen Keshi, who was sacked last week.
“The procedure for hiring Sunday Oliseh did not pass through the procurement act. It was the same when the NSC employed the high performance directors. The Sports Commission requested for waiver for selective bidding, which enabled us to select people based on their credentials.
“We selected people and interviewed them in the United Kingdom. The deputy director in charge of procurement attended because it is a procurement exercise, which must go in accordance with the procurement act.
“The engagement of Oliseh is a contractual one but it is unfortunate that the federation may not have been guided accordingly. If the federation goes ahead to unveil Oliseh on Wednesday without following the due process, they would be violating the procurement act, they would be found liable,” the NSC official stressed.
The official further noted that the NFF should follow a due process by writing to the commission and informing them of their plans to engage the Eagles chief coach and his assistants, specifying the terms of relationship.
“If they don’t want to do advertisement, they can do selective bidding. If they must interview and hire Oliseh alone, they must apply for waiver of certificate of no objection giving reason for the decision to settle for him alone,” he added.
Meanwhile, the NFF president, Amà ju Pinnick, has named main reasons why Oliseh was chosen as the coach of the national team.
However, Clemens Westerhof, a former Super Eagles technical adviser, has stated that he is not sure about the abilities of the new coach to lead the team.
