Nigeria's Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung has called Nigerians
to support Sunday Oliseh in the trying times the coach is facing at the
moment.
He was quizzed by members of the House Committee on Sports during a
budget defense on Tuesday and answered questions regarding the feud
between the coach and the NFF.
“We must appreciate the way Nigerians behave and their sentiments to
sports especially football. Nigerians do not accept anything short of
victory. The performance of the team that led to whatever we are
hearing, from my own analysis, was due to overconfidence.''
'' In terms of preparations and planning, you could
access them based on their first outing. Of course, they had some
welfare challenges which we inherited when we came on board. We took
steps to secure approval for funds but the process of the release of
funds could not beat the time of the outing. That also contributed to
their early exit”
The Barrister also admitted he had spoken to Oliseh to hear his own side
in the ongoing feud and also called the NFF president Amaju Pinnick to
be sure he hadn't sacked the coach.
Barrister Dalung said that after he met with the NFF President earlier
in the day he called for peace and support for the coach.
“The idea of losing matches and sacking coaches is over. We cannot be
winning matches all the time. We must build wider spaces in our minds
for failure and success because that is the only way we can develop. The
fact that he lost a game is not enough for us to begin to look at
history. You don’t run a country like that! The man should be allowed
and supported to come back and prepare the team for the qualifying
matches ahead. If he had health challenges while working for us, we
shouldn’t abandon him at this time”.Dalung said.
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