The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has resolved to hire an expatriate Technical Adviser for the Super Eagles in the next few weeks in order to revive the country’s disappointing 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaign .
Nigeria sit fifth in the Group C of the World Cup campaign with three points from four games and are four points adrift of table topper, Rwanda.
The NFF Executive Committee rose from an emergency meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday with the resolve to hire a more capable hand ahead of current head coach, Finidi George to ensure the country does not miss out on two consecutive World Cup editions having failed to qualify for the 2022 edition held in Qatar.
The NFF said in the communique made available to NationSport that it apologized to Nigerians for the Eagles woeful start to the World Cup Qualifiers and that necessary measures have been put in place to ensure the country bounces back when the qualifiers resume again in March next year.
Though silent on the fate of coach Finidi, it’s apparent that his reign as the Super Eagles gaffer will be the shortest in the history of Nigeria Footbal should the NFF finally hire a foreign technical adviser.
“The Executive Committee wholeheartedly apologized to Nigerians for the dismal output and subsequent very poor returns of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles, in four out of 10 matches in the ongoing qualification series for the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals, and pledged to work assiduously and put necessary measures in place to ensure a better-prepared squad ahead of the AFCON 2025 qualifiers in September this year and the resumption of the World Cup qualifiers in March 2025,” the communique read.
“Furthermore, the Executive Committee resolved to employ an expatriate Technical Adviser for the Super Eagles in the coming weeks, ahead of the AFCON qualifiers and the remaining FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.
“The Committee resolved to beef up the NFF Technical Department with more qualitative hands. Equally, the Technical and Development Sub-Committee will be re-jigged with immediate effect.”
The Super Eagles will face Rwandans’ Wasps on March 19th in Kigali before the home tie with the Warriors of Zimbabwe a few days later
