The decision was announced after the Executive Committee rose from its board meeting on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, and it was agreed that the NFF will employ an expatriate Technical Adviser for the Super Eagles in the coming weeks, ahead of the remaining qualifying matches. According to reports from the NFF, this decision was taken after the Super Eagles performed woefully in both of their World Cup qualifying games against South Africa and the Benin Republic which ended in a draw and defeat respectively under the new head coach of the team, Finidi George.
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. They also apologised to Nigerians for the poor returns in four out of 10 matches in the ongoing qualification series for the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals, the Executive Committee assured to 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.
