Izuchukwu OkosiSuper Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro is set to continue on the saddle despite the impression given by the Nigeria Football Federation that his future could be decided by a public poll.
According to reports making the rounds on Monday but not yet made official by the nation’s football ruling body, the Portuguese will be in charge of the team going forward and lead the three-time African champions to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivorie.
The tournament was billed to hold in January this year but has been pushed back to January 2024.
An inside source in the Nigeria Football Federation debunked the idea of indigenous coaches taking over the national team with the contract of the former Venezuela coach expiring on Friday (June 30).
The Nigeria Football Federation had to go through a dispute resolution with former coach Gernot Rohr when the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) intervened in the situation.
“We regret sacking Rorh and won’t make another mistake with Peseiro,” the source told a Lagos based media organization.
“How many of our coaches are better than Peseiro” the source was quoted as saying.
It is understood that the embattled coach will be given a fresh mandate to lead the Eagles to the semifinals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Eagles qualified for the AFCON with a narrow 3-2 win over Sierra Leone in their last qualifying game in Monrovia last week Sunday.
The team’s last game in the qualification campaign is a, fixture against Sao Tome and Principe in September.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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