NFF Refutes Amokachi Appointment As Technical Director

Chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, Yusuf Ahmed, on Wednesday insisted that at no time did the body call for applications from candidates for the position and that Bitrus Bewara still remains the Technical Director of the federation.

The news of Amokachi’s alleged appointment broke on Monday, with the ex-footballer himself celebrating it on his instagram page, but the NFF has refuted such claims, stating there was no iota of truth in it.

Ahmed said, “This clarification becomes necessary against the background of wide-circulating but totally misleading reports of the appointment of Daniel Amokachi, the NFF was bemused by this unfounded story, which no doubt must have embarrassed Amokachi himself.”

He commended the appointment of Amokachi as an ambassador of Nigerian football by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, saying, “Amokachi richly deserves this appointment as someone who served our dear nation meritoriously on the field of play as a player and coach.”

Also speaking, NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, said NFF will not foreclose the possibility of a major role for Amokachi in the federation in the future, the truth is that presently, such an appointment has not been made.

He stated that, “Amokachi no doubt deserves all the regard and respect befitting his new role as an ambassador. He should not be dragged into needless controversies such as this. The NFF, once more, enjoins the generality of the media to retain the important work ethic of fact-checking and verification, and beware of empty wildfires lit by obscure online cells that lack any iota of credibility.”