The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has said contrary to reports in some sections of the social media, it has not sacked embattled Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr.
The name of the Franco-German has played widely in both local and international media in the course of Thursday,
With most platforms stating authoritatively that the 68-year old has been given the heave-ho by the Nigeria Football Federation, his employers.
However, President of the NFF, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick, said that no such decision has been taken.
“The Board of the NFF is studying the report of the Technical Committee, which it submitted after the match against Cape Verde in Lagos on Tuesday.
There are a number of possibilities but we have not taken a decision to sack Gernot Rohr.
I want to assure that whatever decision is eventually taken will be one that will please the generality of Nigerians.
The Principal Special Assistant to Governor Samuel Ortom on Youths and Sports said, “After Amodu Shuaibu of blessed memory, qualified us for the 2002 World Cup, he was sacked.
“Chief Adegboye Onigbinde and some of us were asked to lead the Super Eagles to Korea/Japan 2002. The time was too short for us to prepare for the tournament.
“If Rohr is to go now, I think Nigerians will have themselves to blame. His contract will expire after the World Cup, so why can’t we exercise a little patience? After the World Cup, he should leave.
“I think, if we had allowed Amodu to lead Super Eagles to the 2002 World Cup, maybe the team would have done better.
“When we took over, Sunday Oliseh was asked to go because of disciplinary problems and it cost the team.
“There was no immediate replacement for him. So, based on that experience, Rohr shouldn’t be sacked now.”
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