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Onigbinde Commends NFA

6th May '08

Adegboye Onigbinde has commended the NFA for making the right choice by appointing the Shaibu Amodu led Super Eagles technical crew. The FIFA/CAF Instructor said that he felt the NFA have started to listen to fruitful advice from meaningful quarters. "I think that is the reason they are doing well right now and getting commendation from Nigerians,"
Onigbinde says.

"I have to thank all of you on behalf of the body of football coaches in Nigeria because this is a big honour done to indigenous coaches in this country. We sincerely express our gratitude to the Board of the NFA, to the government of Nigeria and the people of Nigeria for this confidence reposed in us. We want to assure you that as patriotic citizens of this country, we will always do our best to ensure that we do not let you down. We are going to work tirelessly to ensure that we achieve success," Onigbinde assured.

He also went down the memory lane to recall his own appointment which took the same dimension of the Amodu. "What is happening now is like re-writing history. I could remember going through a rigorous screening like Amodu and the rest went through in 1982 before I was appointed as the Eagles chief coach. I eventually became the guinea pig. I know what I went through then and my hope then was that the system would change."

"Unfortunately for one reason or the other we had a change of event. Now we are back at the spot, but this time in a grander manner and I think the NFA as constituted today have to be really praised for the courage they have in taking all the steps they have taken." He charged all football stakeholders in football business and particularly the media to give the newly appointed technical crew all the support needed to achieve success in their endeavours with the Eagles.

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