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Pressure mounts on embattled Rohr as Sports Ministry demands for World Cup qualifiers’ technical report

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Nigeria’s sports minister, Sunday Dare and Gernot Rohr

The ministry of sports in Nigeria has demanded from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), a technical report on the recently concluded group stage of the World Cup qualifiers.

According to a press release on Sunday, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Ismail Abubakar has directed that “the report must be on the table of the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development on Monday, the 22nd of November, 2021.”


The Super Eagles have qualified for the playoff phase of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Africa but the performance of the team left a lot to be desired with many Nigerian calling for team gaffer, Gernot Rohr to be shown the exit door.

In three home matches, the Super Eagles won just one, drawing another and  incredibly lost to Central Africa Republic, one of the lowest ranked teams in the world.

Against Cape Verde in the last match, it was a laborious and uninspiring team that was on parade.


The statement from the ministry also pointed out that “any  plan to hire another coach must start with first briefing the Minister /Federal Government about the  Rohr’s issue and bringing a closure to it to avoid embarrassing Nigeria.

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“Secondly. The decision to hire any body as national coach must be discussed and undergo review.


“The Super Eagles is Nigeria’s property not a premier club,” the statement concluded.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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