The National Sports Commission has queried the Nigeria Football Federation over the recent sacking of former Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi. The NFF on Saturday, July 4 terminated Keshi’s contract following a meeting of its Executive Committee in Abuja.
Prior to the termination of his contract, Keshi, who led the Super Eagles to victory at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, had been under fire from the NFF after it emerged that he had applied for the vacant coaching job of the Ivoirian national team. But the NSC, the country’s apex sports ruling body, is angry that the football house did not carry it along in the process and issued a query to the NFF to explain its action. Authoritative sources revealed that the NFF swiftly replied the query with a fourpage response.
“The ministry is not happy because the NFF still gets funds from government but when it comes to crucial decisions, the officials ignore the NSC,” the source said. Director General of the NSC, Al-Hassan Yakmut, confirmed that the body demanded an explanation from the NFF over the sacking of the ‘Big Boss’.
Yakmut said: “It is administrative procedure and explanation has been provided for us to act on.” Meanwhile, Keshi has concluded plans to drag the NFF to the Court of Arbitration for Sports. Keshi, according to authoritative sources, is asking for N5bn compensation for unlawful termination of his contract.
New Telegraph Sport can reveal that the NFF will be officially informed on Monday (today) with documents. “Keshi says his character has been damaged in the process and is challenging the process of the termination,” our source said. The NFF stated that Keshi breached the contract with his ‘actions and inactions’.
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