Izuchukwu OkosiThe future of Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro will be decided by the opinion poll to be conducted by the Nigeria Football Federation, reports Prime Business Africa.
Peseiro who was hired by the Football ruling body in Nigeria in May 2022 will see his contract come to its end on June 30 but despite achieving qualification to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivorie, the NFF are hesitant to offer him a fresh deal.
The former Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Sporting Lisbon, Benfica coach has been hugely criticised for his tactical approach to games.
Peseiro who was reportedly recommended to the Nigeria Football Federation previously under the leadership of Amaju Melvic Pinnick by AS Roma manager, Jose Mourinho, also earns a huge sum of $70,000 per month which his employers are increasingly finding difficult to continue paying.
“We have the plan to push the votes to Nigerians to hear their views and thoughts,” NFF president Gusau announced during an interview on a radio show monitored in Lagos.
“Maybe we didn’t get it right in the area of getting the right person.
“We are surely going to push it to the public, whether we should continue with Peseiro or he should go.”
“Whether we are going to consider an indigenous coach, we are also going to push that to Nigerians on the phone,” Gusau who became the country’s football chief in September 2022 disclosed.
Under the coaching reins of Peseiro, Nigeria have won four and lost five games.
Those games include a 10-0 thrashing of Sao Tome and Principe and a 1-0 defeat at home to Guinea-Bissau. The team were also beaten 4-0 by Portugal and Mexico respectively in international friendlies.
Last Sunday, the Eagles laboured hard to beat Sierra Leone 3-2 and qualify for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
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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